BOC vs. NFBK, CCNE, GBLI, MUA, CLDT, DGICA, DHIL, PGC, HIPO, and AROW
Should you be buying Boston Omaha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Omaha include Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), CNB Financial (CCNE), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Donegal Group (DGICA), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Hippo (HIPO), and Arrow Financial (AROW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.91%. Boston Omaha has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 55.12%. Given Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY).
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a net margin of 14.02% compared to Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s net margin of -6.56%. Boston Omaha's return on equity of 4.65% beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 216 more outperform votes than Boston Omaha when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Boston Omaha an outperform vote.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.3% of Boston Omaha shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Omaha. Boston Omaha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Boston Omaha had 6 more articles in the media than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Boston Omaha and 2 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Boston Omaha's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s score of 0.99 indicating that Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) beats Boston Omaha on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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