BOC vs. EFC, MMI, RDFN, EXPI, REAX, FPH, AHH, CRESY, HOUS, and CMTG
Should you be buying Boston Omaha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Omaha include Ellington Financial (EFC), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Redfin (RDFN), eXp World (EXPI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Five Point (FPH), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), and Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Boston Omaha vs.
Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Omaha has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Financial received 239 more outperform votes than Boston Omaha when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Boston Omaha an outperform vote.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Boston Omaha's net margin of -9.73%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.26% beat Boston Omaha's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Boston Omaha. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ellington Financial and 3 mentions for Boston Omaha. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Boston Omaha's score of -1.50 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ellington Financial presently has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 17.68%. Boston Omaha has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.94%. Given Boston Omaha's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than Ellington Financial.
55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Boston Omaha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Boston Omaha on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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