Boston Omaha (BOC) Competitors $13.78 -0.08 (-0.58%) Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.77 -0.01 (-0.07%) As of 10/17/2025 04:32 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BOC vs. EFC, HOUS, MMI, FPH, REAX, AHH, CRESY, CMTG, MLP, and ARLShould you be buying Boston Omaha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Omaha include Ellington Financial (EFC), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Five Point (FPH), Real Brokerage (REAX), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), and American Realty Investors (ARL). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry. Boston Omaha vs. Its Competitors Ellington Financial Anywhere Real Estate Marcus & Millichap Five Point Real Brokerage Armada Hoffler Properties Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. Claros Mortgage Trust Maui Land & Pineapple American Realty Investors Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BOC or EFC? 60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Boston Omaha shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Ellington Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to BOC or EFC? In the previous week, Boston Omaha and Boston Omaha both had 1 articles in the media. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Boston Omaha's score of 0.00 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Boston Omaha 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Ellington Financial 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do analysts recommend BOC or EFC? Boston Omaha currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.42%. Ellington Financial has a consensus price target of $14.46, suggesting a potential upside of 6.26%. Given Boston Omaha's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than Ellington Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Boston Omaha 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Ellington Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.63 Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BOC or EFC? Ellington Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Omaha. Ellington Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Omaha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBoston Omaha$108.28M4.00-$1.29M$0.03459.33Ellington Financial$285.59M4.76$145.86M$1.2410.97 Which has more risk and volatility, BOC or EFC? Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Is BOC or EFC more profitable? Ellington Financial has a net margin of 89.52% compared to Boston Omaha's net margin of 0.68%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 13.56% beat Boston Omaha's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Boston Omaha0.68% 0.14% 0.11% Ellington Financial 89.52%13.56%1.07% SummaryEllington Financial beats Boston Omaha on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BOC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBoston OmahaREAL ESTATE OPS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$435.95M$6.65B$12.45B$21.75BDividend YieldN/A3.75%5.60%3.62%P/E Ratio459.4922.9328.5732.43Price / Sales4.006.3829.6558.79Price / Cash17.1821.2822.2424.38Price / Book0.771.802.234.59Net Income-$1.29M$108.82M$1.02B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.43%0.90%0.22%1.31%1 Month Performance1.92%-5.36%-2.52%-1.47%1 Year Performance-7.58%-3.05%533.63%9.54% Boston Omaha Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BOCBoston Omaha2.1066 of 5 stars$13.78-0.6%$25.00+81.4%-8.2%$435.95M$108.28M459.49250EFCEllington Financial3.4908 of 5 stars$13.31+0.2%$14.46+8.7%+6.8%$1.33B$136.41M10.73170HOUSAnywhere Real Estate1.0324 of 5 stars$10.07-2.4%$9.13-9.4%+115.0%$1.13B$5.69B-10.337,905Gap DownMMIMarcus & Millichap1.5411 of 5 stars$28.05-0.4%N/A-22.9%$1.09B$696.06M-90.42890FPHFive Point1.6796 of 5 stars$6.06+1.1%N/A+40.6%$903.52M$197.43M5.56100REAXReal Brokerage3.1664 of 5 stars$4.27+0.1%$6.33+48.5%-28.7%$841.03M$1.26B-85.0660Analyst DowngradeAHHArmada Hoffler Properties4.6686 of 5 stars$6.81-0.4%$8.38+22.9%-40.9%$706.44M$708.47M56.80160Positive NewsCRESYCresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.2.7358 of 5 stars$9.280.0%N/A+5.7%$569.61M$914.16B8.072,867News CoverageCMTGClaros Mortgage Trust1.1592 of 5 stars$3.19-1.0%$4.13+29.4%-48.6%$445.33M$25.81M-1.07N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastMLPMaui Land & Pineapple0.6225 of 5 stars$17.32-3.5%N/A-34.0%$342.88M$11.56M-24.469ARLAmerican Realty Investors0.8761 of 5 stars$16.23+6.7%N/A+2.5%$262.03M$47.32M-22.23N/AGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ellington Financial Competitors Anywhere Real Estate Competitors Marcus & Millichap Competitors Five Point Competitors Real Brokerage Competitors Armada Hoffler Properties Competitors Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. 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