RE/MAX (RMAX) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RMAX or BOC?

Boston Omaha has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RE/MAX. RE/MAX 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
RE/MAX	$303.87M	0.47	-$69.02M	$0.43	17.58
Boston Omaha	$110.45M	4.06	-$7M	$0.03	475.33

Do analysts prefer RMAX or BOC?

RE/MAX presently has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 28.97%. Boston Omaha has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.25%. Given Boston Omaha's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than RE/MAX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RE/MAX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Boston Omaha	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is RMAX or BOC more profitable?

RE/MAX has a net margin of 2.32% compared to Boston Omaha's net margin of -9.73%. Boston Omaha's return on equity of -1.76% beat RE/MAX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RE/MAX	2.32%	-38.69%	4.71%
Boston Omaha	-9.73%	-1.76%	-1.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RMAX or BOC?

RE/MAX received 290 more outperform votes than Boston Omaha when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave RE/MAX an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Boston Omaha an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RE/MAX	Outperform Votes 297 59.64%	Underperform Votes 201 40.36%
Boston Omaha	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%

Does the media prefer RMAX or BOC?

In the previous week, RE/MAX had 11 more articles in the media than Boston Omaha. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for RE/MAX and 2 mentions for Boston Omaha. RE/MAX's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Boston Omaha's score of -1.50 indicating that RE/MAX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RE/MAX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Boston Omaha	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Negative

Which has more volatility & risk, RMAX or BOC?

RE/MAX has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Omaha has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RMAX or BOC?

93.2% of RE/MAX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of RE/MAX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Boston Omaha shares are held 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.

Summary

RE/MAX beats Boston Omaha on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.