BOC vs. FLJ, ARL, INVH, TCN, IBTX, USA, HTLF, TRMK, NWLI, and DRH
Should you be buying Boston Omaha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Omaha include FLJ Group (FLJ), American Realty Investors (ARL), Invitation Homes (INVH), Tricon Residential (TCN), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Trustmark (TRMK), National Western Life Group (NWLI), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FLJ Group (NASDAQ:FLJ) and Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
FLJ Group has a beta of -1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 201% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Boston Omaha has higher revenue and earnings than FLJ Group.
FLJ Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FLJ Group's net margin of -6.56%. Boston Omaha's return on equity of 0.00% beat FLJ Group's return on equity.
60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of FLJ Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of Boston Omaha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Boston Omaha received 5 more outperform votes than FLJ Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Boston Omaha has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.85%. Given FLJ Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than FLJ Group.
In the previous week, Boston Omaha had 8 more articles in the media than FLJ Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Boston Omaha and 2 mentions for FLJ Group. Boston Omaha's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat FLJ Group's score of 0.65 indicating that FLJ Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Boston Omaha beats FLJ Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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