Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Franklin BSP Realty Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" FBRT shares.
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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Franklin BSP Realty Trust's stock. Their FBRT share price forecasts range from $13.50 to $16.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $14.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price.
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Franklin BSP Realty Trust's stock was trading at $12.90 at the start of the year. Since then, FBRT stock has increased by 5.3% and is now trading at $13.59.
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Franklin BSP Realty Trust saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,440,000 shares, a decrease of 28.0% from the April 30th total of 2,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 308,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 4th 2023.
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Franklin BSP Realty Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.355 per share on Monday, April 10th. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT), iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM), Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS), First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FYC) and SPDR S&P 600 Small CapValue ETF (SLYV).

Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 10.45%. FBRT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 236.67%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, FBRT will have a dividend payout ratio of 89.31% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Franklin BSP Realty Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FBRT."

Franklin BSP Realty Trust's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.22%), State Street Corp (3.80%), Cliffwater LLC (2.67%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.95%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.75%).
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Shares of FBRT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FBRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.59.

Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion and generates $201.65 million in revenue each year. The company earns $14.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.60 on an earnings per share basis.

Franklin BSP Realty Trust's mailing address is 9 W 57th St Rm 4920, New York, New York 10019-2705. The official website for the company is bsprealtytrust.com. The company can be reached via phone at (214) 874-2323, via email at invrel@capstead.com, or via fax at 214-874-2398.