AMREP (AXR) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BOC or AXR?

AMREP has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Boston Omaha	$108.27M	4.49	-$7M	-$0.04	-386.35
AMREP	$58.05M	2.07	$6.69M	$2.41	9.44

Do analysts rate BOC or AXR?

Boston Omaha currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.42%. Given Boston Omaha's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Does the media favor BOC or AXR?

In the previous week, Boston Omaha had 6 more articles in the media than AMREP. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Boston Omaha and 2 mentions for AMREP. Boston Omaha's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat AMREP's score of 0.38 indicating that Boston Omaha is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boston Omaha	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMREP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, BOC or AXR?

Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less 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.

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

Summary

AMREP beats Boston Omaha on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.