Is Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM) Trading at a Compelling Valuation Level?

Baron Funds, an investment management company, released its “Baron Real Estate Income Fund” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund decreased 0.23% (Institutional Shares) in the quarter compared to a 1.46% decline for the MSCI US REIT Index (the REIT Index). Since its inception on December 29, 2017, through June 30, 2025, the Fund achieved a cumulative return of 87.02%, more than double the 35.45% return of the REIT Index. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.

In its second-quarter 2025 investor letter, Baron Real Estate Income Fund highlighted stocks such as Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM). Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) provides storage and information management solutions. The one-month return of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) was 8.00%, and its shares lost 17.03% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On August 8, 2025, Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) stock closed at $90.16 per share, with a market capitalization of $26.629 billion.

Baron Real Estate Income Fund stated the following regarding Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:

“In the second quarter, we acquired shares of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) at what we believe was a compelling valuation level. Iron Mountain offers records storage management along with an evolving fast-growing data center segment. We have met with CFO Barry Hytinen and remain encouraged by the company’s prospects to grow overall cash flow by approximately 10% and by high single digits on a per share basis over the next several years. Growth is underpinned by predictable and stable growth in its core records management business while outsized growth is driven by its data center business, which has visibility to more than the triple operational capacity from today’s in place base.

After exiting our position and harvesting tax losses in the first quarter of 2025, we noted that we may revisit the Fund‘s investment in Iron Mountain Incorporated. In the second quarter, we re-acquired shares, at more compelling valuation levels. As a reminder, Iron Mountain offers records storage management along with an evolving fast-growing data center segment. We have continued to meet with CFO Barry Hytinen and remain encouraged by the company’s prospects to grow overall cash flow by approximately 10% and by high single digits on a per share basis over the next several years. Growth is underpinned by predictable and stable growth in its core records management business while outsized growth is driven by its data center business, which has visibility to more than triple operational capacity from today’s in-place base.

A storage facility with boxes and shelves to store records, representing the company’s secure records storage.

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 40 hedge fund portfolios held Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) at the end of the first quarter, which was 40 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we covered Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) and shared the list of stocks Jim Cramer put under the microscope. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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