Impac Mortgage (NYSE:IMH) & Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP) Head-To-Head Contrast

Volatility and Risk

Impac Mortgage has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.5% of Impac Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Impac Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Impac Mortgage	N/A	-1,309.14%	-37.12%
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Impac Mortgage and Franklin Street Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Impac Mortgage	$8.60 million	1.06	-$39.43 million	($1.71)	-0.15
Franklin Street Properties	$111.88 million	1.56	-$52.72 million	($0.52)	-3.23

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

Summary

Franklin Street Properties beats Impac Mortgage on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Impac Mortgage

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of mortgage and real estate solutions. It operates through the following segments: Mortgage Lending, Real Estate Services, and Long-Term Mortgage Portfolio. The Mortgage Lending segment offers mortgage lending products through lending channels, retail, wholesale, and correspondent, and retains mortgage servicing rights and warehouse lending facilities. The Real Estate Services segment performs servicing and provides loss mitigation services for securitized long-term mortgage portfolio. The Long-Term Mortgage Portfolio segment is composed of residual interests in securitization trusts. The company was founded by Joseph R. Tomkinson in August 1995 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

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.