Franklin Street Properties (FSP) Competitors

Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) and Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Is AC or FSP more profitable?

Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 412.90% compared to Franklin Street Properties' net margin of -32.11%. Associated Capital Group's return on equity of 6.18% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Associated Capital Group	412.90%	6.18%	5.94%
Franklin Street Properties	-32.11%	-5.88%	-3.87%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AC or FSP?

Associated Capital Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Associated Capital Group	$12.68M	61.53	$37.45M	$2.63	13.95
Franklin Street Properties	$145.71M	1.30	-$48.11M	-$0.39	-4.69

Is AC or FSP a better dividend stock?

Associated Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Associated Capital Group pays out 7.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Street Properties pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Street Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AC or FSP?

8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 87.6% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, AC or FSP?

Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AC or FSP?

In the previous week, Associated Capital Group had 3 more articles in the media than Franklin Street Properties. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Associated Capital Group and 0 mentions for Franklin Street Properties. Associated Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Franklin Street Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Associated Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Associated Capital Group	Positive
Franklin Street Properties	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AC or FSP?

Associated Capital Group received 126 more outperform votes than Franklin Street Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.85% of users gave Associated Capital Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Franklin Street Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Associated Capital Group	Outperform Votes 126 53.85%	Underperform Votes 108 46.15%
Franklin Street Properties	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 17 100.00%

Summary

Associated Capital Group beats Franklin Street Properties on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.