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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FSP or AC?

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 88.7% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and 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	1.54	-$52.72M	-$0.52	-3.19
Associated Capital Group	$11.91M	58.69	$44.33M	$2.53	13.09

Which has more risk and volatility, FSP or AC?

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FSP or AC?

In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties and Franklin Street Properties both had 1 articles in the media. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Associated Capital Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Franklin Street Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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 2.4%. 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.

Summary

Associated Capital Group beats Franklin Street Properties on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.