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Franklin Street Properties (Franklin Street Properties) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -4.32% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Franklin Street Properties's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $544.0 Mil. Franklin Street Properties's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-23.5 Mil. Franklin Street Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -4.32%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Franklin Street Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

FSP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.56   Med: 2.36   Max: 15.77
Current: -4.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Franklin Street Properties was 15.77%. The lowest was -5.56%. And the median was 2.36%.

FSP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
91.39% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.84 vs FSP: -4.99

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Franklin Street Properties's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -20.25%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Franklin Street Properties Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franklin Street Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Franklin Street Properties Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.32 4.96 11.82 3.49 -4.32

Franklin Street Properties Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.49 5.65 5.93 -5.33 -4.32

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Franklin Street Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Franklin Street Properties Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Franklin Street Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Street Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Franklin Street Properties Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Franklin Street Propertiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-23.513/543.9618
=-4.32 %

Franklin Street Properties's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-23.5 Mil.



Franklin Street Properties  (AMEX:FSP) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Franklin Street Properties (Franklin Street Properties) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 200, Wakefield, MA, USA, 01880
Franklin Street Properties Corp is a real estate investment trust. The company is focused on commercial real estate investments in office markets. The company's operations include rental income from real estate leasing, interest income from secured loans made on office properties, property dispositions, and fee income from asset/property management and development. Franklin Street markets Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston, and Minneapolis. It owns a portfolio of real estate consisting of approximately 32 properties.
Executives
Brian N Hansen director CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 20 ALLEN AVENUE, SUITE 300, ST. LOUIS MO 63119
Jonathan Bennett Odle 10 percent owner 3622 ENDEAVOR AVENUE, SUITE 101, COLUMBIA MO 65201
Dennis J Mcgillicuddy director 1221 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA FL 34239
Wilkins Milton P Jr director 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Kenneth A Hoxsie director 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Georgia Murray director 433 SHAWMUT AVE, BOSTON MA 02118
John N Burke director 175 DERBY STREET, SUITE 42, HINGHAM MA 02043
Kathryn P O'neil director 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
John G Demeritt officer: Senior Vice President-Finance 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, STE. 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
George J Carter director, officer: CEO 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, SUITE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Eriel Anchondo officer: SVP/Operations 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE. 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Jeffrey B Carter officer: Executive Vice President 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, SUITE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
John F Donahue officer: Executive Vice President 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Barry Silverstein other: former director 2500 S. OCEAN BLVD., #503, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Barbara J Corinha director, officer: VP, COO, Treasurer & Secretary 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, SUITE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880

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