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After finishing at $1.65 in the prior trading day, Franklin Street Properties Corp (AMEX: FSP) closed at $1.63, down -1.21%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.21 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.05 million shares were traded. FSP stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.67 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.62.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of FSP by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.31 and its Current Ratio is at 2.31. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.40 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.40.
On January 07, 2020, BMO Capital Markets Downgraded its rating to Underperform which previously was Market Perform but kept the price unchanged to $8.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 13 ’24 when Schanzer Bruce J bought 43,311 shares for $1.89 per share. The transaction valued at 81,654 led to the insider holds 3,489,374 shares of the business.
Carter Jeffrey B bought 18,500 shares of FSP for $39,213 on Dec 16 ’24. The President & CIO now owns 18,500 shares after completing the transaction at $2.12 per share. On Dec 11 ’24, another insider, Schanzer Bruce J, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 110,589 shares for $1.87 each. As a result, the insider paid 207,233 and bolstered with 3,405,463 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FSP now has a Market Capitalization of 169015248 and an Enterprise Value of 387942240. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.27. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.468 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.773.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FSP is 0.91, which has changed by -0.052325606 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1653893 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FSP has reached a high of $2.21, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.36. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.41%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 385.09K shares per day over the past 3-months and 452410 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 103.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 76.43M. Insiders hold about 26.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 55.43% stake in the company. Shares short for FSP as of 1756425600 were 679429 with a Short Ratio of 1.76, compared to 1753920000 on 832940. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 679429 and a Short% of Float of 0.72000003.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, FSP’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.04, compared to 0.03 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.024242423. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.88.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 1.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.08, with high estimates of -$0.08 and low estimates of -$0.08.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.45 and -$0.45 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.45. EPS for the following year is -$0.31, with 1.0 analysts recommending between -$0.31 and -$0.31.
