Franklin Street Properties (FSP) Competitors

Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) and CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Is FSP or CTO a better dividend stock?

Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CTO Realty Growth pays out -370.7% 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. CTO Realty Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FSP or CTO more profitable?

CTO Realty Growth has a net margin of -1.58% compared to Franklin Street Properties' net margin of -43.90%. CTO Realty Growth's return on equity of -0.38% 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%
CTO Realty Growth	-1.58%	-0.38%	-0.18%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FSP or CTO?

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FSP or CTO?

In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties had 2 more articles in the media than CTO Realty Growth. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 1 mentions for CTO Realty Growth. CTO Realty Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Franklin Street Properties' score of 0.43 indicating that CTO Realty Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Street Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CTO Realty Growth	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 more volatility and risk, FSP or CTO?

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FSP or CTO?

CTO Realty Growth received 16 more outperform votes than Franklin Street Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 32.65% of users gave CTO Realty Growth an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Franklin Street Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Franklin Street Properties	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 19 100.00%
CTO Realty Growth	Outperform Votes 16 32.65%	Underperform Votes 33 67.35%

Do analysts prefer FSP or CTO?

CTO Realty Growth has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.51%. Given CTO Realty Growth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CTO Realty Growth 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
CTO Realty Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67

Which has better valuation and earnings, FSP or CTO?

CTO Realty Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Street Properties. CTO Realty Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Street Properties, 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	$115.99M	1.63	-$52.72M	-$0.64	-2.86
CTO Realty Growth	$132.20M	4.45	$5.53M	-$0.41	-43.59

Summary

CTO Realty Growth beats Franklin Street Properties on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.