Financial Performance - Reported net income allocable to common shareholders for Q4 2024 was 564.4millionor3.21 per diluted share, an increase of 44.8% compared to 389.7millionor2.21 per diluted share in Q4 2023[7]. - Total net income allocable to common shareholders for the year 2024 was 1.873billionor10.64 per diluted share, down 3.9% from 1.949billionor11.06 per diluted share in 2023[9]. - Net income for the year ended December 31, 2024, was 2,084,410,000,adecreaseof3.52,160,120,000 in 2023[32]. - Funds from Operations (FFO) allocable to common shares for Q4 2024 was 853,679,000,up28.1666,263,000 in Q4 2023[36]. - The distribution payout ratio for the year ended December 31, 2024, was 81.1%, compared to 80.8% in 2023[36]. Revenue and Income Analysis - Same Store Facilities generated total revenues of 915.6millionforQ42024,adecreaseof0.63.68 billion, down 0.7% year-over-year[17]. - Direct net operating income (NOI) for Same Store Facilities was 725.6millioninQ42024,reflectinga1.02.89 billion, down 1.9% year-over-year[17]. - Self-storage revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2024, were 1,100,097,anincreasefrom1,092,588 in the same period of 2023, representing a growth of 0.7%[39]. - Same Store Facilities generated self-storage revenues of 915,571forthethreemonthsendedDecember31,2024,downfrom920,829 in 2023, a decline of 1.4%[39]. - Net Operating Income (NOI) for Same Store Facilities was 698,726forthethreemonthsendedDecember31,2024,comparedto705,975 in 2023, a decrease of 1.0%[39]. Operational Highlights - Self-storage net operating income increased by 61.6millionin2024,drivenbya108.9 million increase from Non-Same Store Facilities, despite a 47.3milliondecreasefromSameStoreFacilities[10].−Thecompanyacquired17self−storagefacilitiesinQ42024for221.2 million, adding 1.3 million net rentable square feet, and a total of 22 facilities for 267.5millionduring2024[19].−TheacquisitionofBREITSimplyStorageLLCin2023for2.2 billion added 127 facilities with 9.4 million square feet, generating revenues of 151.8millionandNOIof103.9 million in 2024[20]. - The company opened three newly developed facilities in Q4 2024, contributing 0.4 million net rentable square feet at a cost of 80.9million,andatotalofsevenfacilitiesin2024,adding1.5millionsquarefeetatacostof343.4 million[21]. - Non-Same Store Facilities generated NOI of 415.1millionin2024,withexpectationsforincrementalNOIstabilizationof80,000 in 2026 and beyond[24]. Future Guidance - For 2025, the company expects Same Store revenue growth between -1.3% and 0.8%, with net operating income growth projected between -2.9% and 0.2%[25]. - The guidance for Core FFO per share in 2025 is between 16.35and17.00, reflecting a growth rate of -1.9% to 2.0% from 2024[25]. - Anticipated impact of approximately 0.23persharetoCoreFFOin2025duetopricingrestrictionsrelatedtotheLosAngelescommunityfires[3].CapitalStructureandFinancing−Thecompanyissued184,390commonsharesfornetproceedsofapproximately60.3 million through its "at the market" offering program[6]. - Completed a public offering of 1.0billioninunsecuredseniornotesandissued€150millioninseniornotestoinstitutionalinvestors[6].−TotalassetsasofDecember31,2024,were19,754,934,000, a slight decrease from 19,809,216,000in2023[34].−PublicStorage′stotalliabilitiesincreasedto9,941,282,000 as of December 31, 2024, from 9,702,270,000in2023[34].−InterestexpensefortheyearendedDecember31,2024,was287,401,000, up from 201,132,000in2023[32].CashFlowandExpenses−Cashandequivalentsincreasedto447,416,000 as of December 31, 2024, from 370,002,000in2023[34].−Generalandadministrativeexpensesroseto32,547 for the three months ended December 31, 2024, from 23,172in2023,anincreaseof40.5216,845 for the three months ended December 31, 2024, slightly up from 214,854in2023,anincreaseof0.9122,824,000 for Q4 2024, compared to a loss of 71,121,000inQ42023[32].−ForeigncurrencyexchangegainforthethreemonthsendedDecember31,2024,was122,824, compared to a loss of 71,121in2023,indicatingasignificantpositiveshift[39].−Thecompanyreportedagainonthesaleofrealestateof109 for the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared to $17,090 in 2023, indicating a substantial decrease[39].