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

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 5.0%. Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Jernigan Capital pays out 48.4% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer JCAP or FSP?

Jernigan Capital presently has a consensus target price of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.88%. Given Jernigan Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jernigan Capital is more favorable than Franklin Street Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jernigan Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Franklin Street Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	9.49	$44.41M	$1.90	9.68
Franklin Street Properties	$111.88M	1.56	-$52.72M	-$0.52	-3.23

Which has more volatility & risk, JCAP or FSP?

Jernigan Capital has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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, Franklin Street Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Jernigan Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 0 mentions for Jernigan Capital. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Jernigan Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Street Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jernigan Capital	Neutral
Franklin Street Properties	Positive

Summary

Jernigan Capital beats Franklin Street Properties on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.