FSP vs EARN Comparison

Franklin Street Properties Corp is a real estate investment trust. The company is focused on commercial real estate investments in office markets and currently operate in only one segment: real estate operations. 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.

Ellington Credit Co is focused on corporate collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). It focuses on acquiring, investing in, and managing secondary CLO mezzanine debt and equity tranches. The company relies on risk management, including disciplined liquidity management and selective use of credit hedges, to preserve book value during times. The company primary investment objectives are to generate attractive current yields and risk-adjusted total returns for shareholders. It invest in multiple parts of the CLO capital structure, principally mezzanine debt and equity tranches. Rather than focusing only on short-term current yield, it select investments that it believe will provide a strong total return to drive a sustainable earnings stream over a long-term horizon.