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What Makes Extra Space Storage (EXR) a Best-In-Class Self-Storage REIT?

Baron Capital, an investment management company, released its Q4 2025 letter for its “Baron Real Estate Income Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In 2025, the Fund appreciated 3.74% (Institutional Shares), exceeding the 1.68% gain for the MSCI US REIT Index (the REIT Index). In Q4 2025, the Fund declined modestly by 0.40%, outperforming the Index’s 1.99% decline. In contrast to the substantial double-digit growth delivered in 2023 and 2024, the Fund's modest performance in 2025 can be attributed to a variety of factors, such as stronger relative growth in several...