FSP vs. BRSP, SITC, KREF, PLYM, NOAH, ABL, PAX, AACT, TRTX, and FSNB
Should you be buying Franklin Street Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Street Properties include BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), SITE Centers (SITC), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Noah (NOAH), Abacus Life (ABL), Patria Investments (PAX), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), and Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Franklin Street Properties vs.
Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) and BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BrightSpire Capital pays out -61.0% 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. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Franklin Street Properties has a net margin of -43.90% compared to BrightSpire Capital's net margin of -79.23%. BrightSpire Capital's return on equity of 8.82% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.
BrightSpire Capital has a consensus price target of $7.69, suggesting a potential upside of 23.79%. Given BrightSpire Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Franklin Street Properties.
BrightSpire Capital received 15 more outperform votes than Franklin Street Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.39% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Franklin Street Properties an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BrightSpire Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Franklin Street Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BrightSpire Capital and 1 mentions for Franklin Street Properties. BrightSpire Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Franklin Street Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that BrightSpire Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
BrightSpire Capital beats Franklin Street Properties on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FSP) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
