Exantas Capital (XAN) Competitors

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

Is FSP or XAN more profitable?

Franklin Street Properties has a net margin of -43.90% compared to Exantas Capital's net margin of -347.93%. Exantas Capital's return on equity of 8.10% 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%
Exantas Capital	-347.93%	8.10%	1.61%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FSP or XAN?

Exantas Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Street Properties. Franklin Street Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exantas 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	1.56	-$52.72M	-$0.52	-3.23
Exantas Capital	$61.15M	10.91	$35.97M	$1.00	20.79

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FSP or XAN?

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Exantas Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Exantas Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FSP or XAN a better dividend stock?

Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Exantas Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exantas Capital pays out 330.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor FSP or XAN?

In the previous week, Franklin Street Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Exantas Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Franklin Street Properties and 0 mentions for Exantas Capital. Franklin Street Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Exantas 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	Positive
Exantas Capital	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, FSP or XAN?

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exantas Capital has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Exantas Capital beats Franklin Street Properties on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.