Jernigan Capital (JCAP) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FSP or JCAP?

Jernigan Capital has a consensus price target of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 43.41%. Given Jernigan Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jernigan Capital 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
Jernigan Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FSP or JCAP a better dividend stock?

Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Jernigan Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jernigan Capital pays out 48.4% 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.

Is FSP or JCAP 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
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%
Jernigan Capital	-89.96%	4.30%	2.17%

Which has more risk & volatility, FSP or JCAP?

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

Does the media refer more to FSP or JCAP?

In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Jernigan Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 1 mentions for Jernigan Capital. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Jernigan Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Street Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Street Properties	Neutral
Jernigan Capital	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FSP or JCAP?

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Jernigan Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Jernigan Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FSP or JCAP?

Jernigan Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Franklin Street Properties	$111.88M	1.49	-$52.72M	-$0.52	-3.10
Jernigan Capital	$45.09M	8.39	$44.41M	$1.90	8.56

Summary

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