CLNC vs. FSP, EQC, STRW, IHT, IMH, PW, CTRE, WSBC, GSHD, and MGRC
Should you be buying Colony Credit Real Estate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colony Credit Real Estate include Franklin Street Properties (FSP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Strawberry Fields REIT (STRW), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT), Impac Mortgage (IMH), Power REIT (PW), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), WesBanco (WSBC), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), and McGrath RentCorp (MGRC).
Colony Credit Real Estate vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) and Colony Credit Real Estate (NYSE:CLNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Franklin Street Properties has a net margin of -43.90% compared to Colony Credit Real Estate's net margin of -333.91%. Colony Credit Real Estate's return on equity of 5.33% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.
Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colony Credit Real Estate has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% 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 2.4%. Colony Credit Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colony Credit Real Estate pays out 50.0% 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.
61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of Colony Credit Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Colony Credit Real Estate shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Street Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Colony Credit Real Estate. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colony Credit Real Estate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Colony Credit Real Estate. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 0 mentions for Colony Credit Real Estate. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Colony Credit Real Estate's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Street Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Franklin Street Properties beats Colony Credit Real Estate on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:CLNC) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
