Reviewing Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) & Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR)

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) and Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -78.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Street Properties pays out -10.3% 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. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and Franklin Street Properties”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.29 billion	4.81	-$278.26 million	($1.58)	-11.08
Franklin Street Properties	$126.51 million	1.70	-$48.11 million	($0.39)	-5.33

Franklin Street Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Street Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Healthcare Realty Trust and Franklin Street Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Realty Trust	1	4	1	0	2.00
Franklin Street Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $17.17, indicating a potential downside of 1.90%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than Franklin Street Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and Franklin Street Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthcare Realty Trust	-45.63%	-9.42%	-4.90%
Franklin Street Properties	-32.11%	-5.88%	-3.87%

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty (NYSE: HR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates medical outpatient buildings primarily located around market-leading hospital campuses. The Company selectively grows its portfolio through property acquisition and development. As the first and largest REIT to specialize in medical outpatient buildings, Healthcare Realty's portfolio includes more than 700 properties totaling over 40 million square feet concentrated in 15 growth markets.

About Franklin Street Properties

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.