American Realty Investors vs Boston Omaha
ARL and BOC side by side, both in real estate. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ARL and BOC compare
Boston Omaha is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as American Realty Investors ($390M against $298M).
American Realty Investors grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.8% versus 3.7% for Boston Omaha).
American Realty Investors keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.4% compared with −12.1% at Boston Omaha.
Boston Omaha scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 6 for American Realty Investors), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ARL | BOC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $298M | $390M |
| Share price | $18.45 | $12.94 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.0% | 0.00% |
| Change, 5 years | 53.6% | −63.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.45 | 0.71 |
| Employees | – | 422 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 35.5× | – |
| P/S | 5.8× | 3.6× (better) |
| P/B | 0.5× (better) | 0.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 87.3× | – |
| FCF yield | – | −1.5% |
| Fair value | $14.51 | $16.45 |
| Margin of safety | −27.2% | 21.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.8% (better) | 3.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −3.3% | 20.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −1830% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −1500% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 11.6% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 65.7% |
| Operating margin | −18.3% | −4.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 16.4% (better) | −12.1% |
| FCF margin | – | −5.2% |
| Return on equity | 1.4% (better) | −2.6% |
| Return on invested capital | −1.4% | −0.78% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.09 |
| Interest coverage | −1.0× (better) | −2.1× |
| Current ratio | – | 2.05 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.38 | 1.60 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 4.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 3.4% | 66.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.41% | 46.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | $1.2M |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.19% | 11.3% |
Go deeper
- ARL stock overview
- ARL income statement
- ARL valuation and score
- BOC stock overview
- BOC income statement
- BOC valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.