UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) versus Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) Head-To-Head Review

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Franklin Street Properties and UMH Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Street Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00
UMH Properties	0	2	2	0	2.50

UMH Properties has a consensus price target of $21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Given UMH Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UMH Properties is more favorable than Franklin Street Properties.

Dividends

Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. UMH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Franklin Street Properties pays out -8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UMH Properties pays out 2,866.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of UMH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Franklin Street Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of UMH Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMH Properties has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%
UMH Properties	11.81%	6.06%	1.92%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Franklin Street Properties and UMH Properties”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Street Properties	$120.11 million	1.58	-$52.72 million	($0.50)	-3.66
UMH Properties	$240.55 million	6.40	$8.01 million	$0.03	622.77

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

Summary

UMH Properties beats Franklin Street Properties on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About UMH Properties

UMH Properties, Inc., which was organized in 1968, is a public equity REIT that owns and operates 135 manufactured home communities containing approximately 25,800 developed homesites. These communities are located in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland, Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia. UMH also has an ownership interest in and operates two communities in Florida, containing 363 sites, through its joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate