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Extra Space Storage

NYSE: EXR · USD

Extra Space Storage (EXR) Economic Moat Analysis—

Competitive advantages, dated evidence and erosion risks.

Analysis needs refresh

None economic moat

Extra Space Storage has substantial operating scale, customer persistence and flexible repricing, but the supplied evidence does not establish durable competitive protection. Local competition has affected rents, occupancy and expenses, and development has intensified supply pressure. First-half 2026 occupied rents and same-store NOI recovered after weaker 2025 results, while second-quarter new-lease rents declined. Scale and transaction data provide useful operating capabilities, but comparative cost superiority, material customer lock-in and barriers to competing supply remain unproven.

Cost advantage

The large operating and management platform provides a plausible current operating benefit through geographic clustering and transaction-informed pricing. Cost reductions are management assertions; a durable cost advantage over competitors is not demonstrated.

Durability
Physical scale and accumulated operating data can persist, but the disclosures do not establish exclusivity or sustained comparative cost superiority.
Competitors
Comparison not established
Erosion risks
New supply has intensified competition, which has already affected occupancy, rents and expenses. Improved 2026 results may reflect recovery rather than structural protection.
What would invalidate the thesis
Repeated same-store expense growth above revenue growth, accompanied by falling occupied rents or occupancy despite platform expansion, would undermine the claimed operating protection. Sustained comparative cost and operating outperformance through another supply cycle would support reconsidering the no-moat verdict.
Evidence (5) · Counterevidence (5)

Switching costs

Completed tenant stays demonstrate customer persistence, but the passages do not establish material switching costs or essential customer dependency.

Durability
The 16.8-month average applies to tenants who vacated same-store properties, not the tenure or retention rate of all current customers. Monthly agreements leave limited contractual protection.
Competitors
Comparison not established
Erosion risks
Consumers often have multiple storage alternatives. Repricing flexibility can therefore coexist with competitive rent pressure and customer departures.
What would invalidate the thesis
Shortening completed stays alongside weaker occupancy or price concessions would weaken the persistence benefit. Evidence that tenants consistently absorb increases without incremental departures, including during competing supply additions, would strengthen the switching-cost case.
Evidence (4) · Counterevidence (3)

Changes since the previous analysis

  • Retained the previous no-moat verdict and the previously assessed numerical grades after re-examining current catalog evidence; prior analysis supplies no evidentiary support.
  • Added the August 24, 2026 CEO succession announcement as transition context. Springer's future CEO performance is not treated as demonstrated execution.
  • Explicitly included liquidity_funding with a null grade: available cash is disclosed, but maturity, facility availability and commitment detail is insufficient for the required funding comparison.

Evidence limitations

  • Only supplied passages were used. Scale, data and operating-superiority claims are issuer assertions; reported operating outcomes support bounded assessments without proving comparative superiority.
  • No named current competitor is established by the selected competitive passages. Names appearing in investment or acquisition relationships do not establish competitor coverage, so competitor arrays are empty.
  • All selected evidence has source dateKind filed. Reporting-period dates remain distinct from filing dates; no retrieval date is treated as publication. Every numerical assessment cites 2026 filings within 550 days of 2026-10-21.
  • The 2025 and 2026 same-store comparisons use different property pools. Occupied-rent and new-lease averages do not isolate pure price changes from customer or unit mix.
  • Completed stays and occupancy support persistence, not a cohort retention rate or quantified switching costs. Management's vacancy-correlation observation does not demonstrate causality.
  • Debt maturity schedules, available committed facilities, covenant headroom, unencumbered asset amounts, maintenance-capex separation and realized investment-cohort returns are missing.
  • FFO is supplemental NAREIT-based operating performance; issuer-adjusted Core FFO adds further exclusions. Neither is GAAP operating cash flow, cash available for dividends or debt-service coverage.
  • No separate five-year revenue and consolidated-net-income predictability calculation is made in this economic-moat assessment.

Financial indicators to test against the thesis

Calculated from annual filings. Missing data remains unavailable. Detailed financial charts remain in the other topics.

Financial indicators to test against the thesis
PeriodGross marginOperating marginROICFCF margin
202176.6%61.9%——
202277.4%54.6%—2.3%
202376.1%45.7%—49.5%
202474.5%40.6%—43.2%
202572.8%41.8%—38.1%

Pricing power—

Insufficient verified evidence to assign a score.

Management—

Insufficient verified evidence to assign a score.

Sources and methodology

Analysis needs refresh · Updated 22/10/2026 · Version 14

AI interpretation based on checked source excerpts. Issuer assertions and evidence limitations remain explicit.

Policy quality-scores-3: six equally weighted categories. The overall score requires full coverage. Missing inputs are not zero. Qualitative grades are sourced interpretations, not probabilities. 1/6 · 05/11/2026

Moat—

Awaiting a sourced assessment under the current scoring policy and financial basis.

Pricing power—

Awaiting a sourced assessment under the current scoring policy and financial basis.

Predictability85

Financial-sector stability over 5 consecutive reported annual periods: equal weights for nondeclining revenue frequency, revenue-growth volatility (5–40pp), positive consolidated earnings frequency, and net-income/revenue margin volatility (3–20pp). Uses reported accounting scope; not industrial FCF or a growth forecast.

Nondeclining revenue years (%)
100.00
Revenue growth volatility (pp)
10.99
positiveEarningsShare
100.00
netMarginStdDev
10.13
observedAnnualPeriods
5.00

Financial strength—

Awaiting a current evidence-backed real_estate assessment under real-estate-1; industrial FCF metrics are not applied.

Capital allocation—

Awaiting a current evidence-backed real_estate assessment under real-estate-1; industrial FCF metrics are not applied.

Management—

Awaiting a sourced assessment under the current scoring policy and financial basis.

Evidence

Competition in the local markets in which many of our stores are located is significant and has affected our occupancy levels, rental rates and operating expenses.

Competition: realized local effects on occupancy, rental rates and operating expenses; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

Development of self-storage facilities has increased in recent years, which has intensified competition, and we expect it will continue to do so as newly developed facilities are opened.

Competition: increased development and intensified competition; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

We operate in competitive markets, often where consumers have multiple stores from which to choose.

Competitive markets and consumer alternatives; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

In addition, we managed an additional 1,964 stores for third parties, bringing the total number of stores which we own and/or manage to 4,410.

Operating scope: third-party management and total owned/managed stores; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

The clustering of assets around population centers enables us to reduce our operating costs through economies of scale.

Management assertion: clustering economies of scale; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

Developed by our management team, these systems enable us to analyze, set and adjust rental rates daily across our portfolio in order to respond to changing market conditions.

Management description: daily rental-rate adjustment systems; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

We leverage our data in our digital marketing infrastructure to efficiently drive customers to our website, call center, and stores, while our revenue management systems use data from millions of rental transactions to continuously evolve pricing to optimize conversion.

Management description: marketing and pricing systems using rental transaction data; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

As of June 30, 2026, approximately 2,580,000 tenants were leasing storage units at the operating stores that we own and/or manage, primarily on a month-to-month basis, providing the flexibility to increase rental rates over time as market conditions permit.

June 30, 2026 tenant count, monthly agreements and market-conditioned repricing flexibility; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

Existing tenants generally receive rate increases at least annually, for which no direct correlation has been drawn to our vacancy trends.

Management observation: existing-tenant annual increases and vacancy trends; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

For same-store properties as of June 30, 2026, the average length of stay for tenants who had vacated was approximately 16.8 months.

Same-store completed tenant stays as of June 30, 2026; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

For the Year Ended December 31, Same-store portfolio 2025 2024 Average annual rent per occupied square foot, net of discounts and bad debt $ 19.91 $ 19.99 New leases average annual rent per square foot $ 13.16 $ 12.60 Average discounts as a percentage of rental revenues 2.1 % 1.9 %

2025/2024 same-store occupied rents, new-lease rents and discounts; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

For the Year Ended December 31, Percent 2025 2024 Change Same-store rental revenues Net rental income $ 2,549,537 $ 2,540,782 0.3% Other operating income 99,277 104,752 (5.2)% Total same-store rental revenues 2,648,814 2,645,534 0.1% Same-store operating expenses Payroll and benefits 164,241 158,699 3.5% Marketing 63,166 60,059 5.2% Office expense 80,381 80,565 (0.2)% Property operating expense 69,649 69,108 0.8% Repairs and maintenance 55,391 51,742 7.1% Property taxes 298,563 277,569 7.6% Insurance 32,626 30,586 6.7% Total same-store operating expenses 764,017 728,328 4.9% Same-store net operating income $ 1,884,797 $ 1,917,206 (1.7)%

2025/2024 same-store revenue, operating expenses and NOI; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30, Same-store portfolio 2026 2025 2026 2025 Average annual rent per occupied square foot, net of discounts and bad debt $ 19.95 $ 19.50 $ 19.94 $ 19.52 New leases average annual rent per square foot $ 14.02 $ 14.12 $ 13.19 $ 13.09 Average discounts as a percentage of rental revenues 2.0 % 2.0 % 1.9 % 1.9 %

Second-quarter and first-half 2026/2025 same-store rent and discount measures; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

For the Three Months Ended June 30, Percent For the Six Months Ended June 30, Percent 2026 2025 Change 2026 2025 Change Same-store rental revenues Net rental income $ 664,926 $ 648,617 2.5 % $ 1,319,291 $ 1,291,611 2.1 % Other operating income 25,266 25,644 (1.5) % 49,510 50,200 (1.4) % Total same-store rental revenues 690,192 674,261 2.4 % 1,368,801 1,341,811 2.0 % Same-store operating expenses Payroll and benefits 40,786 41,744 (2.3) % 82,471 82,816 (0.4) % Marketing 16,720 17,524 (4.6) % 31,187 31,838 (2.0) % Office expense 18,518 18,016 2.8 % 36,728 35,915 2.3 % Property operating expense 17,476 18,847 (7.3) % 41,576 41,577 — % Repairs and maintenance 11,289 13,362 (15.5) % 28,003 28,856 (3.0) % Property taxes 80,818 77,526 4.2 % 158,609 154,716 2.5 % Insurance 8,507 8,141 4.5 % 17,409 16,069 8.3 % Total same-store operating expenses 194,114 195,160 (0.5) % 395,983 391,787 1.1 % Same-store net operating income $ 496,078 $ 479,101 3.5 % $ 972,818 $ 950,024 2.4 % Same-store square foot occupancy as of period end 94.2% 94.4% 94.2% 94.4% Average same-store square foot occupancy 94.0% 94.1% 93.4% 93.6% Properties included in same-store 1,870 1,870 1,870 1,870

Second-quarter and first-half 2026/2025 same-store operating results, occupancy and 1,870-property pool; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 Net Income $ 275,879 $ 262,716 $ 528,299 $ 547,641 Adjusted to exclude: (Gain) loss on real estate assets held for sale and sold, net — 864 — (34,897) Equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities (15,802) (16,284) (31,562) (36,215) Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of a joint venture interest (640) — (847) — Interest expense 146,720 146,128 294,019 288,527 Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on unsecured senior notes, net 12,735 11,770 25,290 23,083 Depreciation and amortization 185,610 177,266 371,405 357,622 Income tax expense 12,069 11,638 22,858 20,629 General and administrative 47,315 44,952 93,824 90,926 Management fees, other income and interest income (73,681) (74,040) (146,919) (143,912) Net tenant insurance (75,759) (71,627) (147,011) (139,223) Non same-store rental revenue (55,972) (46,743) (110,576) (83,573) Non same-store operating expense 37,604 32,461 74,038 59,416 Total same-store net operating income $ 496,078 $ 479,101 $ 972,818 $ 950,024 Same-store rental revenues $ 690,192 $ 674,261 $ 1,368,801 $ 1,341,811 Same-store operating expenses 194,114 195,160 395,983 391,787 Same-store net operating income $ 496,078 $ 479,101 $ 972,818 $ 950,024

GAAP net income reconciliation to same-store NOI for second-quarter and first-half 2026/2025; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

9 Extra Space Storage Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (amounts in thousands) (unaudited) For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 528,299 $ 547,641 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 371,405 357,622 Amortization of deferred financing costs 6,467 5,651 Non-cash lease expense 6,164 6,447 Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on unsecured senior notes, net 25,290 23,083 Compensation expense related to share-based awards 16,443 15,679 Accrual of interest income added to principal of debt securities and notes receivable (16,391) (16,421) Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of a joint venture interest (847) — Gain on real estate assets held for sale and sold, net — (34,897) Distributions in excess of earnings from unconsolidated real estate ventures 13,115 17,910 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Other assets 17,370 27,003 Accounts payable and accrued expenses 79,897 77,529 Other liabilities 29,054 (1,981) Net cash provided by operating activities 1,076,266 1,025,265 Cash flows from investing activities:

Unaudited consolidated operating cash flows, amounts in thousands, six months ended June 30, 2026/2025; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

Acquisition of real estate assets and improvements (233,297) (464,517) Return of investment in unconsolidated real estate ventures — 200,000 Development and redevelopment of real estate assets (58,175) (79,560) Proceeds from sale of real estate assets 13,393 133,206 Investment in unconsolidated real estate entities (7,523) (113,285) Issuance of notes receivable (204,833) (360,406) Payments received on notes receivable 292,382 46,338 Proceeds from sale of notes receivable 30,488 32,371 Purchase of equipment and fixtures (8,206) (8,402) Net cash used in investing activities (175,771) (614,255) Cash flows from financing activities:

Consolidated investing cash flows, six months ended June 30, 2026/2025; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31; amounts in thousands in cash-flow statement. · Filed 31/07/2026

Proceeds from secured and unsecured term loans, senior notes, revolving lines of credit and commercial paper 10,630,770 7,290,431 Principal payments on secured and unsecured term loans, senior notes, revolving lines of credit and commercial paper (10,244,782) (6,974,943) Deferred financing costs (584) (13,373) Repurchase of common stock (1,443) (8,615) Redemption of Operating Partnership units for cash (7,655) (279) Redemption of Preferred OP units for cash (6,000) — Dividends paid on common stock (684,706) (688,085) Distributions to noncontrolling interests, net of contributions (29,357) (30,761) Net cash used in financing activities (343,757) (425,625) Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 556,738 (14,615) Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of the period 143,180 143,303 Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of the period $ 699,918 $ 128,688

Consolidated financing cash flows, distributions and combined cash/restricted cash, first-half 2026/2025; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31; amounts in thousands. · Filed 31/07/2026

June 30, 2026 December 31, 2025 (unaudited) Assets: Real estate assets, net $ 24,938,444 $ 25,004,350 Real estate assets - operating lease right-of-use assets 732,490 732,176 Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities 1,065,012 1,066,783 Investments in debt securities and notes receivable 1,751,653 1,806,526 Cash and cash equivalents 695,171 138,920 Other assets, net 477,723 515,291 Total assets $ 29,660,493 $ 29,264,046 Liabilities, Noncontrolling Interests and Equity: Secured notes payable, net $ 1,073,327 $ 1,079,565 Unsecured term loans, net 1,495,365 1,494,659 Unsecured senior notes, net 9,460,928 9,432,427 Revolving lines of credit and commercial paper 1,617,000 1,224,000 Operating lease liabilities 767,584 761,106 Cash distributions in unconsolidated real estate ventures 75,185 73,701 Accounts payable and accrued expenses 445,144 357,583 Other liabilities 548,626 516,969 Total liabilities 15,483,159 14,940,010 Commitments and contingencies Noncontrolling Interests and Equity:

Consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31; amounts in thousands. · Filed 31/07/2026

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding — — Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 211,273,076 and 211,155,322 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively 2,113 2,112 Additional paid-in capital 14,886,836 14,880,646 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (181) (420) Accumulated deficit (1,630,873) (1,449,172) Total Extra Space Storage Inc.

Common shares outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

Amounts in thousands, except store and share data, unless otherwise stated

Notes unit convention: thousands except store/share data unless otherwise stated; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

No shares have been sold under the current “at the market” equity program.

Stockholders' equity: no sales under current ATM program; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

During the year ended December 31, 2025, 1,158,244 shares were repurchased at an average price of $129.10 per share, paying a total of $149.5 million.

Actual 2025 common-stock repurchases, shares, price and total expenditure; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 2024 2023 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 1,022,538 $ 900,232 $ 850,453 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 715,177 783,023 506,053 Amortization of deferred financing costs 11,930 16,673 18,949 Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on unsecured senior notes, net 47,519 43,720 18,786 Non-cash lease expense 12,888 3,224 1,964 Accrual of interest income added to principal of debt securities and notes receivable (32,554) (31,367) (37,907) Compensation expense related to share-based awards 35,537 28,991 26,484 Loss on real estate assets held for sale and sold, net 76,310 25,906 — Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of real estate assets and sale of a joint venture interest (54,521) (13,730) — Impairment of Life Storage trade name — 51,763 — Distributions from unconsolidated real estate ventures 29,224 30,745 20,060 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Other assets 21,151 (15,464) (34,471) Accounts payable and accrued expenses 7,296 964 35,031 Other liabilities (42,302) 62,750 (2,928) Net cash provided by operating activities 1,850,193 1,887,430 1,402,474 Cash flows from investing activities:

2025/2024/2023 operating cash-flow reconciliation including property-sale losses; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

Additionally, we do not anticipate that our internally generated cash flow will be adequate to repay our existing indebtedness upon maturity and, therefore, we expect to repay our indebtedness through refinancings and equity and/or debt offerings.

Liquidity: expected dependence on refinancing and securities offerings at debt maturity; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

Our debt agreements, including our credit agreement governing the revolving credit facility and term loans and the indentures governing our public traded notes, contain various financial and other covenants that we and our operating partnership must comply with including total debt to asset ratios, secured debt to total asset ratios, adjusted EBITDA to fixed charged ratios and minimum ratios of unencumbered assets to unsecured debt which we must maintain.

Debt agreements: leverage, fixed-charge and unencumbered-asset covenant requirements; 10-K filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

As of March 31, 2026, the Company’s percentage of fixed-rate debt to total debt was 82.5%.

Debt mix at March 31, 2026: fixed-rate percentage; earnings release filed 2026-04-28. · Filed 28/04/2026

The weighted average interest rates of the Company’s fixed and variable-rate debt were 4.2% and 4.6%, respectively.

Fixed- and variable-rate debt weighted average interest rates at March 31, 2026; earnings release filed 2026-04-28. · Filed 28/04/2026

weighted average maturity of approximately 4.3 years.

Debt weighted average maturity in March 31, 2026 balance-sheet discussion; earnings release filed 2026-04-28. · Filed 28/04/2026

For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 Revenues Self-Storage Operations $ 746,164 $ 721,004 $ 1,479,377 $ 1,425,384 Tenant Reinsurance 93,084 88,572 182,203 173,284 Total segment revenues $ 839,248 $ 809,576 $ 1,661,580 $ 1,598,668 Operating expenses Self-Storage Operations: Payroll and benefits $ 44,590 $ 45,153 $ 90,132 $ 88,899 Marketing 18,227 18,897 33,985 34,047 Office expense (1) 19,916 19,115 39,510 37,968 Property operating expense (1) 34,168 34,565 75,275 71,931 Repairs and maintenance 12,208 14,282 30,176 30,539 Property taxes 87,035 82,359 171,010 162,243 Insurance 9,334 8,765 19,048 17,197 Other segment items (2) 6,240 4,485 10,885 8,379 Total self-storage operations expenses 231,718 227,621 470,021 451,203 Tenant Reinsurance: Tenant reinsurance expense and other segment items (3) $ 17,325 $ 16,945 $ 35,192 $ 34,061 Total segment operating expenses $ 249,043 $ 244,566 $ 505,213 $ 485,264 Net operating income Self-Storage Operations $ 514,446 $ 493,383 $ 1,009,356 $ 974,181 Tenant Reinsurance 75,759 71,627 147,011 139,223 Total segment net operating income: $ 590,205 $ 565,010 $ 1,156,367 $ 1,113,404 Other components of net income: Management fees and other income 34,904 32,042 68,599 62,947 General and administrative expense (47,315) (44,952) (93,824) (90,926) Depreciation and amortization expense (185,610) (177,266) (371,405) (357,622) Gain (loss) on real estate assets held for sale and sold, net — (864) — 34,897 Interest expense (146,720) (146,128) (294,019) (288,527) Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on unsecured senior notes, net (12,735) (11,770) (25,290) (23,083) Interest income 38,777 41,998 78,320 80,965 Equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities 15,802 16,284 31,562 36,215 Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of a joint venture interest 640 — 847 — Income tax expense (12,069) (11,638) (22,858) (20,629) Net income $ 275,879 $ 262,716 $ 528,299 $ 547,641 (1) Amounts related to lease expense have been reclassified from Office expense to Property operating expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 for comparability.

Second-quarter and first-half 2026/2025 segment results, ancillary income, interest expense and consolidated net income; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

Tenant reinsurance activities include the reinsurance of risks relating to the loss of goods stored by tenants in the stores operated by the Company.

Operating scope: tenant reinsurance covers stored-goods loss risks; 10-Q filed 2026-07-31. · Filed 31/07/2026

For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2025 2026 2025 (per share)1 (per share)1 (per share)1 (per share)1 Net income attributable to common stockholders $ 263,471 $ 1.25 $ 249,731 $ 1.18 $ 504,448 $ 2.39 $ 520,606 $ 2.45 Impact of the difference in weighted average number of shares – diluted2 (0.06) (0.05) (0.11) (0.10) Adjustments: Real estate depreciation 171,249 0.77 164,707 0.74 342,144 1.55 323,877 1.46 Amortization of intangibles 2,953 0.01 3,225 0.01 6,676 0.03 14,304 0.07 (Gain) loss on real estate assets held for sale and sold, net — — 864 — — — (34,897) (0.16) Unconsolidated joint venture real estate depreciation and amortization 7,864 0.04 7,741 0.04 15,471 0.07 16,430 0.07 Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint venture gain on sale of a joint venture interest (640) — — — (847) — — — Income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests 12,408 0.06 12,985 0.06 23,851 0.11 27,035 0.12 FFO $ 457,305 $ 2.07 $ 439,253 $ 1.98 $ 891,743 $ 4.04 $ 867,355 $ 3.91 Adjustments: Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on unsecured senior notes, net 12,735 0.05 11,770 0.05 25,290 0.10 23,083 0.10 Amortization of other intangibles related to the Life Storage Merger, net of tax benefit 3,917 0.02 3,917 0.02 7,834 0.04 8,448 0.04 Other adjustments (4) 1,771 0.01 — — 1,771 0.01 — — CORE FFO $ 475,728 $ 2.15 $ 454,940 $ 2.05 $ 926,638 $ 4.19 $ 898,886 $ 4.05 Weighted average number of shares – diluted3 221,002,914 221,971,567 220,968,158 221,934,254 (1)Per share amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

Actual second-quarter and first-half 2026/2025 GAAP EPS, FFO and Core FFO reconciliation and diluted share counts; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

The table also provides a reconciliation to GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders and earnings per diluted share for each period presented (amounts shown in thousands, except share and per share data):

FFO reconciliation unit convention: thousands except share and per-share data; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

(“NAREIT”) as net income computed in accordance with GAAP excluding gains or losses on sales of operating stores and impairment write downs of depreciable real estate assets, plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments to record unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures on the same basis.

NAREIT FFO definition and GAAP exclusions; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

Earnings per share is calculated using the two-class method, which uses a lower number of shares than the calculation for FFO per share and Core FFO per share, which are calculated assuming full redemption of all OP units as described in note (3).

EPS versus FFO/Core FFO denominator methodology; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

Redemption of all OP units for common stock has been assumed for purposes of calculating the weighted average number of shares — diluted, as presented above.

FFO diluted denominator assumes redemption of all OP units into common stock; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

The computation of weighted average number of shares — diluted, for FFO per share and Core FFO per share also includes the effect of share-based compensation plans.

FFO/Core FFO diluted denominator includes share-based compensation effects; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

(4)Adjustment to Core FFO relates to legal settlement costs with New York City.

Core FFO other-adjustment footnote: New York City legal settlement costs; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

•Purchased 18 operating stores and acquired the ownership interest of our joint venture partner in one consolidated joint venture for a total cost of $103.2 million.

Completed first-half 2026 operating-store acquisitions and consolidated JV partner buyout; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

•In conjunction with joint venture partners, completed the development of one store for a total cost of approximately $15.1 million, of which the Company invested $14.4 million.

Completed first-half 2026 JV development and EXR investment; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

•Originated $146.1 million in mortgage and mezzanine bridge loans and sold $30.8 million in mortgage bridge loans.

First-half 2026 mortgage/mezzanine bridge-loan originations and mortgage bridge-loan sales; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

•Added 151 stores (108 stores net) to the Company's third-party management platform.

Actual first-half 2026 gross and net third-party management additions; earnings release filed 2026-07-28. · Filed 28/07/2026

In February 2026, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee determined our performance relative to the performance metrics for the 2023 PSUs and approved the vesting of such awards at 35.5% of target.

February 2026 approval of completed 2023 PSU performance vesting at 35.5% of target; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

Claw-backs to Recoup Compensation In compliance with the SEC's adoption of final rules related to claw-backs under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") and the corresponding NYSE listing standards, we have adopted a policy (the "Claw-back Policy") that provides that for each covered executive, including each NEO, the Company is entitled to recover any incentive-based compensation (cash or equity) received by the covered executive based on the achievement of financial reporting measurements during the three completed fiscal years immediately before the date the restatement determination is made, to the extent that the amount of the annual or long-term incentive compensation is greater than what the covered executive would have received based on the restated financial results.

Adopted executive incentive compensation claw-back policy and recovery terms; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

PERFORMANCE-BASED PSUs The remaining 75% of the long-term incentive awards to the CEO and 60% to the other NEOs was awarded in the form of PSUs that vest after a three-year performance period.

Actual 2025 PSU award mix and three-year performance period; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

For the awards granted in 2025, the three-year performance period will end on December 31, 2027.

2025 PSU performance period ends December 31, 2027; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

The combined annual incentive payout approved by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee for 2025 was 98.25%.

Approved 2025 combined annual incentive payout; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

(4) Amounts also include 400,000 shares that were pledged as collateral on two loans.

Beneficial ownership footnote: 400,000 pledged shares; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

The board also determined that all members of the Audit Committee, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee are independent in accordance with NYSE and Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules.

Board determination of independence of all audit, compensation and nominating/governance committee members; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

Our board of directors has separated the positions of Chairman of the board and CEO.

Actual separation of chairman and CEO roles; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

The policy provides that related party transactions are reviewed by our Audit Committee or another independent body of the board of directors, such as the independent and disinterested members of the board of directors.

Independent review policy for related-party transactions; proxy filed 2026-04-01. · Filed 01/04/2026

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated February 20, 2026 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Auditor's unqualified opinion on internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025; report dated/filed 2026-02-20. · Filed 20/02/2026

(NYSE: EXR) (the “Company”) today announced that Noah Springer, President, will become the Company’s next chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2027.

Announced CEO succession effective January 1, 2027; announcement source dated/filed 2026-08-24. · Filed 24/08/2026

Margolis will continue to serve as CEO through December 31, 2026, continuing to work closely with Springer and the Board to ensure a smooth leadership transition.

Margolis continues as CEO through December 31, 2026 during transition; announcement source dated/filed 2026-08-24. · Filed 24/08/2026

As of June 30, 2026 Revolving Lines of Credit and Commercial Paper Amount Drawn Capacity Interest Rate Maturity Basis Rate (1) Secured credit line $ — $ 140,000 4.93% 7/1/2029 SOFR plus 1.25% Unsecured credit line (2) 767,000 3,000,000 4.46% 8/21/2029 SOFR plus 0.775% Commercial paper 850,000 1,000,000 4.06% (3) Various $ 1,617,000 $ 4,140,000 (1) Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) for credit lines.

filing-2, revolving credit facilities and commercial paper, June 30, 2026 · Filed 31/07/2026

At June 30, 2026, there were $850,000 in issuances outstanding under the commercial paper program with a weighted-average maturity of 13 days.

filing-2, commercial paper outstanding and weighted-average maturity, June 30, 2026 · Filed 31/07/2026

At any point in time, we expect to maintain available commitments under our credit facility in an amount at least equal to the amount of commercial paper notes outstanding.

filing-2, credit facility commitments supporting commercial paper · Filed 31/07/2026

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