AMREP (AXR) Competitors

AMREP (NYSE:AXR) and Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer AXR or BOC?

Boston Omaha has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.20%. Given Boston Omaha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than AMREP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMREP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Boston Omaha	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, AXR or BOC?

AMREP has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AXR or BOC more profitable?

AMREP has a net margin of 19.52% compared to Boston Omaha's net margin of -9.73%. AMREP's return on equity of 10.31% beat Boston Omaha's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMREP	19.52%	10.31%	9.91%
Boston Omaha	-9.73%	-1.76%	-1.38%

Does the media refer more to AXR or BOC?

In the previous week, Boston Omaha had 3 more articles in the media than AMREP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Boston Omaha and 1 mentions for AMREP. AMREP's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Boston Omaha's score of 0.35 indicating that AMREP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AMREP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boston Omaha	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AXR or BOC?

AMREP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boston Omaha. Boston Omaha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMREP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMREP	$51.37M	2.80	$6.69M	$2.30	11.81
Boston Omaha	$96.25M	4.76	-$7M	-$0.33	-44.26

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AXR or BOC?

59.9% of AMREP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of AMREP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Boston Omaha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AXR or BOC?

AMREP received 117 more outperform votes than Boston Omaha when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.42% of users gave AMREP an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave Boston Omaha an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AMREP	Outperform Votes 123 59.42%	Underperform Votes 84 40.58%
Boston Omaha	Outperform Votes 6 35.29%	Underperform Votes 11 64.71%

Summary

AMREP beats Boston Omaha on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.