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Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (FBRT)

Real Estate | REIT - Mortgage | New York, United States | NYSE
9.13 USD +0.31 (3.515%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 9.20 +0.07 (0.767%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:40 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:02 a.m. EDT

Franklin has negative autocorrelation in their price model suggesting a lack of mean reversion and slight downward pressure, yet is trading at a 9% yield where payouts cover only 2% of earnings. The massive disconnect between the tiny payout ratio and the law firms aggressively chasing the stock for a securities fraud class action lawsuit makes the 'yield' a trap. The options flow is bullish on paper, but it likely reflects a capitulation at lows before the inevitable earnings miss and dividend cut due to the fraudulent claims.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.113808
AutoETS0.113838
AutoARIMA0.114443
MSTL0.115550

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 54%
H-stat 2.89
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.056
Excess Kurtosis -0.49
Attribute Value
Sector Real Estate
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 262.593
Revenue per Share 3.44
Market Cap 745,068,352
Trailing P/E 14.27
Forward P/E 7.53
Beta 1.15
Profit Margins 29.18%
Previous Name Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.
Website https://www.fbrtreit.com

As of April 19, 2026, 12:02 a.m. EDT: Options flow is heavily skewed toward calls with a massive disparity in positioning. In the near term (May 15 QM 2026), ATM and ITM call volume/OI is substantial (424 total vol vs 5 put vol), while put activity is negligible. Sellers appear to have placed significant OI at higher strikes (11.0), indicating a moderate bullish bias among sophisticated sellers, yet the net speculative volume is overwhelmingly directional long. Open Interest in calls suggests a death spiral scenario on puts versus a structured bullish position on calls.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.36% 13.08% 13.30%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-31 0.200 2.355713
2025-12-31 0.355 3.624361
2025-09-30 0.355 3.465191
2025-06-30 0.355 3.635318
2025-03-31 0.355 3.151798
2024-12-31 0.355 3.292104
2024-09-30 0.355 3.253346
2024-06-28 0.355 3.463605
2024-03-27 0.355 3.411658
2023-12-28 0.355 3.331074
2023-09-28 0.355 3.485678
2023-06-29 0.355 3.439353
2023-03-30 0.355 4.334664
2022-12-29 0.355 3.983616
2022-09-29 0.355 4.949883
2022-06-29 0.355 4.061920
2022-03-30 0.355 4.029579
2021-12-30 0.285 3.047921
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.8
dividendYield 8.76
exDividendDate 2026-03-31
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.42
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.16099773
lastDividendValue 0.2
lastDividendDate 2026-03-31
dividendDate 2026-04-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.18772244
Address1 1 Madison Avenue
Address2 Suite 1600
All Time High 17.74
All Time Low 8.24
Ask 9.25
Ask Size 800
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 615,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,084,445
Average Volume 1,084,445
Average Volume10Days 615,770
Beta 1.145
Bid 8.65
Bid Size 500
Board Risk 6
Book Value 14.503
City New York
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 9.13
Current Ratio 1.365
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 9.16
Day Low 8.89
Debt To Equity 262.593
Display Name Franklin BSP Realty Trust
Dividend Date 1,775,779,200
Dividend Rate 0.8
Dividend Yield 8.76
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,554,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,554,000
Earnings Growth -0.55
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.42
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,492,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,492,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,492,800
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 18.581
Enterprise Value 5,238,367,744
Eps Current Year 1.12
Eps Forward 1.2125
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.64
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 9.0162
Fifty Day Average Change 0.11380005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.012621731
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -18.772243
Fifty Two Week High 11.86
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.7299995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.23018546
Fifty Two Week Low 8.24
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.89000034
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.108009756
Fifty Two Week Range 8.24 - 11.86
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,634,650,200,000
Float Shares 79,735,923
Forward Eps 1.2125
Forward P E 7.529897
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 223
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.99663
Gross Profits 280,969,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02017
Held Percent Institutions 0.63557
Implied Shares Outstanding 81,606,608
Industry REIT - Mortgage
Industry Disp REIT - Mortgage
Industry Key reit-mortgage
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Last Dividend Value 0.2
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company, originates and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate debt investments through a REIT structure in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Real Estate Debt Business; Agency Business; Commercial Real Estate Conduit Business; and Real Estate Owned Business segments. The Real Estate Debt Business focuses on originating, acquiring, and asset managing commercial real estate debt investments, including first mortgages, subordinate mortgages, mezzanine loans, and participations in such loans and focuses on investing in and asset managing real estate securities. The Agency Business focuses on originating, selling, and servicing loans under programs offered by government-sponsored enterprises and agencies. The Commercial Real Estate Conduit Business is focused on generating risk-adjusted returns by originating and selling fixed-rate commercial real estate loans. The Real Estate Owned Business represents real estate acquired by the company through foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, and purchase. It also originates conduit loans. Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. was formerly known as Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc. and changed its name to Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. in October 2021. Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Long Name Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 745,068,352
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_226559957
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Name Change Date 2,026-04-19
Net Income To Common 53,212,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 739,217,690
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 8.91
Operating Cashflow 291,940,000
Operating Margins 0.47195998
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 2.2188
Phone 212 588 6770
Post Market Change 0.069999695
Post Market Change Percent 0.76669985
Post Market Price 9.2
Post Market Time 1,776,465,600
Prev Name Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.
Previous Close 8.82
Price Eps Current Year 8.151786
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.62952495
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.6428268
Profit Margins 0.29182
Quick Ratio 1.204
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.6
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.31
Regular Market Change Percent 3.51474
Regular Market Day High 9.16
Regular Market Day Low 8.89
Regular Market Day Range 8.89 - 9.16
Regular Market Open 8.91
Regular Market Previous Close 8.82
Regular Market Price 9.13
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 610,640
Return On Assets 0.013940001
Return On Equity 0.05205
Revenue Growth 0.498
Revenue Per Share 3.44
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Real Estate
Sector Disp Real Estate
Sector Key real-estate
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 80,965,793
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.071100004
Shares Short 5,753,139
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 4,883,041
Short Name Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1013
Short Ratio 4.4
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol FBRT
Target High Price 16.0
Target Low Price 11.0
Target Mean Price 13.0
Target Median Price 12.5
Total Cash 196,518,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.427
Total Debt 4,257,231,104
Total Revenue 281,920,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.42
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.16099773
Trailing Eps 0.64
Trailing P E 14.265626
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 10.23535
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.1053495
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.107993335
Type Disp Equity
Volume 610,640
Website https://www.fbrtreit.com
Zip 10,010