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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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 24.24% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plymouth Industrial REIT	67.77%	24.24%	8.90%
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%

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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PLYM or FSP?

In the previous week, Plymouth Industrial REIT had 13 more articles in the media than Franklin Street Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Plymouth Industrial REIT and 0 mentions for Franklin Street Properties. Plymouth Industrial REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.65 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

Do analysts recommend PLYM or FSP?

Plymouth Industrial REIT presently has a consensus price target of $20.44, suggesting a potential upside of 41.73%. Given Plymouth Industrial REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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 risk & volatility, PLYM or FSP?

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

Summary

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