Jernigan Capital (JCAP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, FSP or JCAP?

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jernigan Capital has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Jernigan Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Jernigan Capital shares are held by company 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 JCAP a better dividend stock?

Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Jernigan Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jernigan Capital pays out 48.4% 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.

Is FSP or JCAP more profitable?

Franklin Street Properties has a net margin of -43.90% compared to Jernigan Capital's net margin of -89.96%. Jernigan Capital's return on equity of 4.30% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%
Jernigan Capital	-89.96%	4.30%	2.17%

Does the media favor FSP or JCAP?

In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties and Franklin Street Properties both had 2 articles in the media. Jernigan Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Franklin Street Properties' score of -0.24 indicating that Jernigan Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate FSP or JCAP?

Jernigan Capital has a consensus target price of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.21%. Given Jernigan Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Jernigan 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
Jernigan Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FSP or JCAP?

Jernigan Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jernigan Capital, 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	$111.88M	1.48	-$52.72M	-$0.52	-3.08
Jernigan Capital	$45.09M	8.84	$44.41M	$1.90	9.02

Summary

Jernigan Capital beats Franklin Street Properties on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.