FBRT vs. KRC, PECO, HASI, IRT, CTRE, CUZ, APLE, PCH, SLG, and SBRA
Should you be buying Franklin BSP Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin BSP Realty Trust include Kilroy Realty (KRC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) and Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a net margin of 53.82% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of 18.43%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.32% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays out 107.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kilroy Realty pays out 124.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Franklin BSP Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin BSP Realty Trust. Franklin BSP Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kilroy Realty received 439 more outperform votes than Franklin BSP Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave Franklin BSP Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 63.17% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 6 more articles in the media than Franklin BSP Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 0 mentions for Franklin BSP Realty Trust. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Franklin BSP Realty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin BSP Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $14.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.78%. Kilroy Realty has a consensus target price of $38.45, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Franklin BSP Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than Kilroy Realty.
Summary
Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats Kilroy Realty on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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