自助式倉儲服務公司Public Storage

布萊恩·瓊斯Neuberger Berman Real Estate基金

股票代碼：(PSA)

行業：房地產

????布萊恩·瓊斯和史蒂夫·什格卡瓦管理著6.70億美元的Neuberger Berman房地產基金（?Neuberger Berman Real Estate Fund）。這只基金只持有40只股票，而前10大股票就占到了基金資產的近半。這樣的策略給他們帶來了良好的收益：晨星的數據顯示，過去10年這只基金的平均年化收益率為13.3%，高于同類基金的10.3%。

????瓊斯最看好的2013年股票是美國最大的自助式倉儲公司Public Storage，該股目前占到Neuberger Berman基金資產總額的5%以上。Neuberger Berman基金對這家公司倍加推崇。Public Storage作為這個高度分散的市場中最大的一家公司（其2,200處倉庫僅占全國50,000處倉庫的4%），擁有競爭對手難以企及的財務實力和營銷影響力。瓊斯說：“它們擁有的自助式倉儲設施是第二位的兩倍多。”

????Public Storage聲稱，這些設施的出租率已超過90%，有助于公司提高租賃價格。瓊斯表示，由于大公司具有經濟優勢，而新建倉儲設施又存在融資困難，這一市場必將整合，Public Storage將從中獲益。

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Public Storage

Brian Jones?Neuberger Berman Real Estate

Ticker:?(PSA)

Sector pick:?Real Estate

????Brian Jones and Steve Shigekawa, managers of the $670 million?Neuberger Berman Real Estate Fund?(NBRFX), own just 40 stocks, with the top 10 representing nearly half the fund's assets. That strategy has served them well: The fund has landed an average annualized gain of 13.3% for the past 10 years, vs. 10.3% for the category, according to Morningstar.

????Jones's favorite stock for 2013 is Public Storage, the largest self-storage company in the U.S., which represents more than 5% of the fund's assets. The REIT has a lot going for it. As the largest player in a fragmented market -- its 2,200 facilities are just 4% of the nation's 50,000 -- Public Storage has the financial strength and marketing clout that rivals lack. "They own more than twice as many self-storage facilities as their nearest competitor," Jones says.

????The company boasts occupancy levels above 90%, which has helped Public Storage boost its rental rates. With the economics favoring big players and a dearth of financing for construction of storage spaces, the market is primed to consolidate, Jones says, and Public Storage should benefit.

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