Analysts were expecting U-Store-It Trust (YSI) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.17 for last quarter, but YSI beat expectations with actual earnings of $0.18---1 cent above the consensus estimate. YSI also issued earnings guidance for next quarter that is below current analyst expectations.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.25 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that YSI’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare YSI's 1.75% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 6.49% for the REIT - Industrial industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect YSI to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the REIT - Industrial industry, you can see how analysts believe YSI will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like BioMed Realty Trust Inc. (BMR) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe BMR's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 5.00% while DLR's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 13.04%.

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