Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT – Get Free Report) and Sino Land (OTCMKTS:SNLAY – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Franklin BSP Realty Trust and Sino Land, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Franklin BSP Realty Trust | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.29 |
Sino Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Franklin BSP Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $15.30, indicating a potential upside of 41.40%. Given Franklin BSP Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than Sino Land.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Franklin BSP Realty Trust and Sino Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Franklin BSP Realty Trust | 45.56% | 8.17% | 1.70% |
Sino Land | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Franklin BSP Realty Trust and Sino Land”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Franklin BSP Realty Trust | $534.36 million | 1.66 | $95.88 million | $0.68 | 15.91 |
Sino Land | $1.12 billion | 8.18 | $562.96 million | N/A | N/A |
Sino Land has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin BSP Realty Trust.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Sino Land pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Franklin BSP Realty Trust pays out 208.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats Sino Land on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Franklin BSP Realty Trust
Benefit Street Partners operates as a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). BSP earns income from investing in a leveraged portfolio of residential mortgage pass-through securities consisting almost exclusively of adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) securities issued and guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises, either Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (together, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)), or by an agency of the federal government, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). BSP’s investment strategy focuses on managing a portfolio of residential mortgage investments consisting almost exclusively of ARM Agency Securities. As of December 31, 2012, the Company’s securities consisted of Agency Securities classified as available-for-sale and Residential mortgage securities classified as held-to-maturity.
About Sino Land
Sino Land Company Limited, an investment holding company, invests in, develops, manages, and trades in properties. It operates through six segments: Property Sales, Property Rental, Property Management and Other Services, Hotel Operations, Investments in Securities, and Financing. The company's property portfolio includes shopping malls, offices, industrial buildings, residentials and car parks. In addition, it provides cleaning, building construction and management, financing, administration, security, mortgage loan financing, secretarial, management, project management, securities investment, consultancy, and deposit placing services, as well as operates hotels. Further, the company engages in real estate agency and trustee related services. The company operates approximately 19.5 million square feet of attributable floor area in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney. Sino Land Company Limited was incorporated in 1971 and is based in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The company is a subsidiary of Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited.
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