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$8.72 +0.14 (+1.63%)
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STHO vs. BOC, MLP, RITR, ARL, DOUG, AOMR, SRG, RMAX, CHCI, and BEEP

Should you be buying Star stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star include Boston Omaha (BOC), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), Reitar Logtech (RITR), American Realty Investors (ARL), Douglas Elliman (DOUG), Angel Oak Mortgage REIT (AOMR), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), RE/MAX (RMAX), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), and Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.

Star vs. Its Competitors

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

Boston Omaha has a net margin of 0.68% compared to Star's net margin of -50.51%. Boston Omaha's return on equity of 0.14% beat Star's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Star-50.51% -32.44% -18.41%
Boston Omaha 0.68%0.14%0.11%

Boston Omaha has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.23%. Given Boston Omaha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than Star.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Star
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

Star has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Star had 10 more articles in the media than Boston Omaha. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Star and 1 mentions for Boston Omaha. Boston Omaha's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Star's score of 0.42 indicating that Boston Omaha is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Star
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Boston Omaha
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

89.3% of Star shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Star shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Boston Omaha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Boston Omaha has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Star. Star 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 Ratio
Star$113.30M1.02-$86.75M-$4.32-2.02
Boston Omaha$108.28M3.92-$1.29M$0.03449.77

Summary

Boston Omaha beats Star on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STHO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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STHO vs. The Competition

MetricStarREAL ESTATE OPS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$114.03M$6.52B$12.58B$9.91B
Dividend YieldN/A3.57%5.42%4.52%
P/E Ratio-2.0223.40232.2926.08
Price / Sales1.026.5030.8588.30
Price / CashN/A22.1922.1259.01
Price / Book0.341.932.296.09
Net Income-$86.75M$105.23M$1.01B$266.14M
7 Day Performance0.35%1.36%0.40%0.44%
1 Month Performance20.11%9.99%3.73%4.55%
1 Year Performance-32.97%19.85%540.93%26.15%

Star Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STHO
Star
1.0965 of 5 stars
$8.72
+1.6%
N/A-33.6%$114.03M$113.30M-2.02N/AGap Down
BOC
Boston Omaha
3.1514 of 5 stars
$13.58
+3.6%
$20.00
+47.3%
-5.6%$426.97M$111.57M452.65250News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MLP
Maui Land & Pineapple
0.6425 of 5 stars
$17.15
+1.9%
N/A-29.0%$338.44M$11.56M-24.159
RITR
Reitar Logtech
N/A$4.71
+0.2%
N/A-5.8%$294.09M$48.61M0.0053Gap Down
ARL
American Realty Investors
0.3092 of 5 stars
$15.81
+3.7%
N/A-6.4%$255.35M$47.32M-21.66N/A
DOUG
Douglas Elliman
0.3481 of 5 stars
$2.68
-1.7%
N/A+63.1%$237.29M$1.03B-3.61930Gap Down
AOMR
Angel Oak Mortgage REIT
3.9856 of 5 stars
$9.77
+1.5%
$11.60
+18.7%
-9.3%$232.18M$57.66M6.34900Negative News
Short Interest ↑
SRG
Seritage Growth Properties
0.3336 of 5 stars
$3.53
-1.4%
N/A-18.0%$198.90M$17.62M-2.2240News Coverage
Positive News
RMAX
RE/MAX
1.4828 of 5 stars
$9.29
-1.6%
$9.00
-3.1%
-10.3%$185.98M$307.68M19.76590Positive News
CHCI
Comstock Holding Companies
1.7211 of 5 stars
$17.00
+6.6%
N/A+142.3%$171.19M$51.29M11.26160
BEEP
Mobile Infrastructure
3.3894 of 5 stars
$3.95
+4.5%
$5.88
+48.7%
+22.7%$168.67M$36.14M-13.1714Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STHO) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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