National Storage REIT announced consolidated financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2018. For the period, the company reported IFRS profit after tax of $27.1 million down 55% a year ago. Underlying earnings was $26.3 million up 17.4% a year ago. Underlying EPS was 4.2 cps, down 2.3% a year ago. Total revenue was $76.106 million against $66.546 million a year ago. Basic and diluted earnings per stapled security was 4.31 cents against 11.54 cents a year ago.

For the fiscal year 2019, the company affirmed underlying EPS guidance of 9.6 cps to­ 9.9 cps and underlying earnings guidance of $62.5 million to $64.5 million.