AMREP (AXR) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BOC or AXR?

Boston Omaha currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.55%. Given Boston Omaha's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than AMREP.

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

Is BOC or AXR 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
Boston Omaha	-9.73%	-1.76%	-1.38%
AMREP	19.52%	10.31%	9.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, BOC or AXR?

Boston Omaha has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMREP has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BOC or AXR?

In the previous week, Boston Omaha had 4 more articles in the media than AMREP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Boston Omaha and 0 mentions for AMREP. AMREP's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Boston Omaha's score of -0.53 indicating that AMREP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Boston Omaha	Negative
AMREP	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOC or AXR?

AMREP received 116 more outperform votes than Boston Omaha when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.42% of users gave AMREP an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Boston Omaha an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Omaha	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%
AMREP	Outperform Votes 123 59.42%	Underperform Votes 84 40.58%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BOC or AXR?

60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of AMREP shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of Boston Omaha shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of AMREP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BOC or AXR?

AMREP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boston Omaha. AMREP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Omaha, 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
Boston Omaha	$110.45M	4.05	-$7M	$0.03	474.33
AMREP	$58.05M	1.99	$6.69M	$2.41	9.09

Summary

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