Franklin Street Properties (FSP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SITC or FSP?

SITE Centers currently has a consensus target price of $35.25, suggesting a potential upside of 195.23%. Given SITE Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than Franklin Street Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SITE Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Franklin Street Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, SITC or FSP?

SITE Centers has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SITC or FSP a better dividend stock?

SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. SITE Centers pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Street Properties pays out -8.0% 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.

Does the media prefer SITC or FSP?

In the previous week, SITE Centers had 3 more articles in the media than Franklin Street Properties. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SITE Centers and 2 mentions for Franklin Street Properties. SITE Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Franklin Street Properties' score of 0.84 indicating that SITE Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SITE Centers	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Franklin Street Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SITC or FSP?

SITE Centers received 31 more outperform votes than Franklin Street Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 32.63% of users gave SITE Centers an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Franklin Street Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SITE Centers	Outperform Votes 31 32.63%	Underperform Votes 64 67.37%
Franklin Street Properties	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 17 100.00%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SITC or FSP?

88.7% of SITE Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SITC or FSP?

SITE Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SITE Centers, 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
SITE Centers	$277.47M	2.26	$265.70M	$9.74	1.23
Franklin Street Properties	$120.11M	1.33	-$52.72M	-$0.50	-3.08

Is SITC or FSP more profitable?

SITE Centers has a net margin of 164.10% compared to Franklin Street Properties' net margin of -43.90%. SITE Centers' return on equity of 34.20% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SITE Centers	164.10%	34.20%	19.41%
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%

Summary

SITE Centers beats Franklin Street Properties on 19 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.