Franklin Street Properties (FSP) Competitors

Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) and Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FSP or AC?

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 88.7% of Associated Capital Group shares are owned by 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FSP or AC?

Associated Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Capital Group, 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	$111.88M	1.46	-$52.72M	-$0.52	-3.02
Associated Capital Group	$11.91M	54.93	$44.33M	$2.53	12.25

Is FSP or AC more profitable?

Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 451.70% compared to Franklin Street Properties' net margin of -43.90%. Associated Capital Group's return on equity of 5.98% 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%
Associated Capital Group	451.70%	5.98%	5.65%

Is FSP or AC a better dividend stock?

Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Associated Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Associated Capital Group pays out 7.9% 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. Franklin Street Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, FSP or AC?

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FSP or AC?

In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Associated Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 2 mentions for Associated Capital Group. Associated Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Franklin Street Properties' score of 0.53 indicating that Associated Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Street Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Associated Capital Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Associated Capital Group beats Franklin Street Properties on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.