Jernigan Capital (JCAP) Competitors

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

Is JCAP or FSP more profitable?

Franklin Street Properties has a net margin of -43.90% compared to Jernigan Capital's net margin of -89.96%. Jernigan Capital's return on equity of 4.30% beat Franklin Street Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jernigan Capital	-89.96%	4.30%	2.17%
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%

Does the media favor JCAP or FSP?

In the previous week, Jernigan Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Street Properties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Jernigan Capital and 0 mentions for Franklin Street Properties. Jernigan Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Franklin Street Properties'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jernigan Capital	Neutral
Franklin Street Properties	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JCAP or FSP?

77.5% of Jernigan Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Jernigan Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is JCAP or FSP a better dividend stock?

Jernigan Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Jernigan Capital pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Street Properties pays out -6.3% 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 better valuation and earnings, JCAP or FSP?

Jernigan Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jernigan Capital, 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
Jernigan Capital	$45.09M	9.29	$44.41M	$1.90	9.47
Franklin Street Properties	$115.99M	1.59	-$52.72M	-$0.64	-2.78

Which has more volatility and risk, JCAP or FSP?

Jernigan Capital has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Jernigan Capital beats Franklin Street Properties on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.