Franklin Street Properties (FSP) Competitors

Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) and Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

Is PLYM or FSP a better dividend stock?

Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Street Properties pays out -7.7% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PLYM or FSP?

92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PLYM or FSP?

Plymouth Industrial REIT currently has a consensus target price of $20.44, indicating a potential upside of 41.73%. Given Plymouth Industrial REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Plymouth Industrial REIT is more favorable than Franklin Street Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plymouth Industrial REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 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 volatility & risk, PLYM or FSP?

Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PLYM or FSP more profitable?

Plymouth Industrial REIT has a net margin of 67.77% compared to Franklin Street Properties' net margin of -43.90%. Plymouth Industrial REIT's return on equity of 24.36% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plymouth Industrial REIT	67.77%	24.36%	9.15%
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PLYM or FSP?

Plymouth Industrial REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plymouth Industrial REIT, 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
Plymouth Industrial REIT	$198.35M	3.24	$139.34M	$2.88	5.01
Franklin Street Properties	$111.88M	1.46	-$52.72M	-$0.52	-3.04

Does the media refer more to PLYM or FSP?

In the previous week, Plymouth Industrial REIT had 12 more articles in the media than Franklin Street Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Plymouth Industrial REIT and 0 mentions for Franklin Street Properties. Plymouth Industrial REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Franklin Street Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Plymouth Industrial REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Plymouth Industrial REIT	Positive
Franklin Street Properties	Neutral

Summary

Plymouth Industrial REIT beats Franklin Street Properties on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.