# Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc. (FBRT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Real Estate / Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Price $8.59, market value $713 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 20.0×** (5-yr avg 11.6×, 3-yr avg 11.6×). Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc. trades at 20.0× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 11.6×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Real Estate median in the September 2026 study was 25.2×. Forward P/E is 7.3×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 4.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 4.6×.
- **Price / book: 0.6×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 5.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 277.6%**. 277.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 5.7%**. 5.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 1.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 1.0% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 29.7%** (3-yr 45.3%/yr, 5-yr 47.1%/yr). Revenue grew 29.7% over the last year, against 47.1% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -22.0%** (5-yr -6.6%/yr). Earnings per share fell 22.0%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.00**. Debt is 0.00 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 12.92%** ($1.11 per share, trailing). Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc. yields 12.92%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 177%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (177% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -17.3%** (YTD -10.1%, 3-mo 2.8%). The shares are down 17.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -26.8%** (17.0% above the low). Trading 27% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 66**. An RSI of 66 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.67** (volatility 27%). Beta of 0.67 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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