How to buy Franklin Street Properties stock

Franklin Street Properties Corp is a reit-office business based in the US. Franklin Street Properties shares (FSP) are listed on the NYSE MKT and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Franklin Street Properties employs 37 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Franklin Street Properties share price

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Franklin Street Properties shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$3.15 - $6.54
50-day moving average	$5.68
200-day moving average	$4.85
Wall St. target price	$6.13
PE ratio	17.7961
Dividend yield	$0.36 (6.61%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.30

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Is Franklin Street Properties under- or over-valued?

Valuing Franklin Street Properties stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Franklin Street Properties's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Franklin Street Properties's P/E ratio

Franklin Street Properties's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 18x. In other words, Franklin Street Properties shares trade at around 18x recent earnings.

Franklin Street Properties's EBITDA

Franklin Street Properties's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $108.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Franklin Street Properties's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Franklin Street Properties financials

Revenue TTM	$245.8 million
Operating margin TTM	10.97%
Gross profit TTM	$130.5 million
Return on assets TTM	0.93%
Return on equity TTM	4.2%
Profit margin	13.27%
Book value	$7.16
Market capitalisation	$580.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Franklin Street Properties shares

There are currently 2.7 million Franklin Street Properties shares held short by investors – that's known as Franklin Street Properties's "short interest". This figure is 7.8% down from 2.9 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Franklin Street Properties shares can be evaluated.

Franklin Street Properties's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Franklin Street Properties's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Franklin Street Properties shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Franklin Street Properties shares traded daily (recently around 493431.14754098). Franklin Street Properties's SIR currently stands at 5.49. In other words for every 100,000 Franklin Street Properties shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5490 shares are currently held short.

However Franklin Street Properties's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Franklin Street Properties shares, or, against the total number of tradable Franklin Street Properties shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Franklin Street Properties's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Franklin Street Properties shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0397% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Franklin Street Properties shares, roughly 40 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Franklin Street Properties.

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Franklin Street Properties share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 48.65% of net profits

Recently Franklin Street Properties has paid out, on average, around 48.65% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 6.61% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Franklin Street Properties shareholders could enjoy a 6.61% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Franklin Street Properties's case, that would currently equate to about $0.36 per share.

While Franklin Street Properties's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Franklin Street Properties may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Franklin Street Properties's most recent dividend payout was on 6 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 April 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Franklin Street Properties share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Franklin Street Properties's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.1479 up to $6.5448. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE MKT average) beta is 1, while Franklin Street Properties's is 0.9923. This would suggest that Franklin Street Properties's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Franklin Street Properties overview

Franklin Street Properties Corp. , based in Wakefield, Massachusetts, is focused on infill and central business district (CBD) office properties in the U. S. Sunbelt and Mountain West, as well as select opportunistic markets. FSP seeks value-oriented investments with an eye towards long-term growth and appreciation, as well as current income. FSP is a Maryland corporation that operates in a manner intended to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes. .

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Franklin Street Properties is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 9.819% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by insiders and 82.734% by institutions.

• How many people work for Franklin Street Properties?

  Latest data suggests 37 work at Franklin Street Properties.

• When does the fiscal year end for Franklin Street Properties?

  Franklin Street Properties's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Franklin Street Properties based?

  Franklin Street Properties's address is: 401 Edgewater Place, Wakefield, MA, United States, 01880

• What is Franklin Street Properties's ISIN number?

  Franklin Street Properties's international securities identification number is: US35471R1068

• What is Franklin Street Properties's CUSIP number?

  Franklin Street Properties's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 35471R106