Iron Mountain: Management Meeting Takeaways — "Ours Is an Execution Story" with IRM Repositioned as an Ongoing Growth Company

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J P M O R G A N

North America Equity Research

14 August 2026

Iron Mountain

Management Meeting Takeaways — “Ours Is an

Execution Story” with IRM Repositioned as an Ongoing

Growth Company

Overweight

IRM, IRM US

Price (13 Aug 26):$126.62

Business & Information Services

Earlier this week, we hosted Iron Mountain (IRM) leadership for a day of investor

meetings in Toronto. We were joined in Canada by EVP and CFO Barry Hytinen,

as well as SVP - Investor Relations Mark Rupe. During our meetings, management

highlighted that Iron Mountain has reinvented itself as a growth company, with the

current course set by strategic decisions made years ago. Strong execution on these

plans has placed the company “in a sweet spot”, where revenue growth has

accelerated but capital intensity is no longer rising. Above all, management

stated that “ours is an execution story” and the team’s mandates are clear: (1)

cross-sell services across a massive customer base; (2) optimize the core Global

Records & Information Management (RIM) business for the long-haul; (3) build

and operate data centers in a focused manner to capture returns; and (4) drive

penetration in the fast-growing Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) industry.

Overall, we felt management sounded quite confident in the trajectory of all

parts of the business and that the team is comfortable in its ability to meet and

exceed investor expectations, even as the bar for performance has been

meaningfully raised.

“We definitely think of ourselves as a growth company”: Iron Mountain’s

organic, constant currency (o/cc) revenue growth has accelerated from the lowsingle digits % pre-pandemic to >10% in 2025 and +14% in 2026E (our

estimate). Management noted that CEO Bill Meaney planted the seeds for

today’s growth rates with a range of strategic decisions made years ago. Now

that these plans have germinated, Iron Mountain “definitely think of ourselves

as a growth company.” The company’s traditional core records management

business remains highly cash generative, allowing it to reinvest in high-return

projects within its growth businesses (Data Center, ALM, and Digital

Solutions).…