Franklin Street Properties (FSP) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FSP or BRSP?

BrightSpire Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Street Properties. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Street Properties, 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
Franklin Street Properties	$126.51M	1.56	-$48.11M	-$0.39	-4.90
BrightSpire Capital	$364.80M	2.12	-$15.55M	-$1.02	-5.85

Is FSP or BRSP more profitable?

Franklin Street Properties has a net margin of -32.11% compared to BrightSpire Capital's net margin of -69.35%. BrightSpire Capital's return on equity of 9.44% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Street Properties	-32.11%	-5.88%	-3.87%
BrightSpire Capital	-69.35%	9.44%	2.79%

Does the media refer more to FSP or BRSP?

In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties had 2 more articles in the media than BrightSpire Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 5 mentions for BrightSpire Capital. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat BrightSpire Capital's score of 0.40 indicating that Franklin Street Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Street Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BrightSpire Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, FSP or BRSP?

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSP or BRSP?

BrightSpire Capital received 13 more outperform votes than Franklin Street Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.83% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Franklin Street Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Franklin Street Properties	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 17 100.00%
BrightSpire Capital	Outperform Votes 13 44.83%	Underperform Votes 16 55.17%

Do analysts rate FSP or BRSP?

BrightSpire Capital has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.25%. Given BrightSpire Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Franklin Street Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Street Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
BrightSpire Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FSP or BRSP?

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FSP or BRSP a better dividend stock?

Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BrightSpire Capital pays out -62.7% 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. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

BrightSpire Capital beats Franklin Street Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.