ESH Acquisition (ESHA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FSP or ESHA?

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of ESH Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of ESH Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FSP or ESHA more profitable?

ESH Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Franklin Street Properties' net margin of -43.90%. ESH Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% 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%
ESH Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer FSP or ESHA?

In the previous week, ESH Acquisition had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Street Properties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ESH Acquisition and 1 mentions for Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat ESH Acquisition's score of 0.59 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ESH Acquisition	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, FSP or ESHA?

ESH Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Street Properties.

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
ESH Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, FSP or ESHA?

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESH Acquisition has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ESH Acquisition beats Franklin Street Properties on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.