Comparing InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and Franklin Street Properties (NYSE:FSP)

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.2% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Franklin Street Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	-11.56%	-40.28%	-5.83%
Franklin Street Properties	-43.90%	-7.79%	-5.30%

Dividends

InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Franklin Street Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Street Properties pays out -7.7% 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.

Volatility and Risk

InnSuites Hospitality Trust has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Street Properties has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.51 million	2.25	$200,000.00	($0.15)	-12.84
Franklin Street Properties	$111.88 million	1.48	-$52.72 million	($0.52)	-3.08

InnSuites Hospitality Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Street Properties. InnSuites Hospitality 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.

Summary

Franklin Street Properties beats InnSuites Hospitality Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InnSuites Hospitality Trust

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE American symbol: IHT) first listed on the NYSE in 1971 is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona is an unincorporated Ohio Business. Trust that owns and manages hotels under the InnSuites Hotels name. IHT qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for tax treatment currently taxed as a corporation with the IRS. IHT has paid dividends each year since 1971 currently at $0.2/year. There are approximately 9 million shares of stock outstanding. In addition, there are approximately 3 million RRF Partnership units convertible 1 to 1 into IHT stock. Total shares and units are approximately 12 million.

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.