Comparing British Land (OTCMKTS:BTLCY) and Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC)

Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) and British Land (OTCMKTS:BTLCY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Boston Omaha and British Land”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boston Omaha	$108.28 million	4.02	-$1.29 million	$0.03	461.33
British Land	$571.65 million	8.02	$431.25 million	N/A	N/A

British Land has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Omaha.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Boston Omaha and British Land, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Omaha	1	0	1	0	2.00
British Land	0	2	0	2	3.00

Boston Omaha presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.64%. Given Boston Omaha’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than British Land.

Volatility & Risk

Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Land has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Boston Omaha and British Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boston Omaha	0.68%	0.14%	0.11%
British Land	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Boston Omaha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Boston Omaha beats British Land on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Boston Omaha

Boston Omaha Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the outdoor billboard advertising business in the southeast United States. It is also involved in the surety insurance and related brokerage, broadband, and asset management businesses. The company was formerly known as REO Plus, Inc. and changed its name to Boston Omaha Corporation in March 2015. Boston Omaha Corporation was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

About British Land

Our portfolio of high quality UK commercial property is focused on London Campuses and Retail & London Urban Logistics assets throughout the UK. We own or manage a portfolio valued at £13.0bn (British Land share: £8.9bn) as at 31 March 2023 making us one of Europe's largest listed real estate investment companies. We create Places People Prefer, delivering the best, most sustainable places for our customers and communities. Our strategy is to leverage our best in class platform and proven expertise in development, repositioning and active management, investing behind two key themes: Campuses and Retail & London Urban Logistics. Our three Campuses at Broadgate, Paddington Central and Regent's Place are dynamic neighbourhoods, attracting growth customers and sectors, and offering some of the best connected, highest quality and most sustainable space in London. We are delivering our fourth Campus at Canada Water, where we have planning consent to deliver 5m sq ft of residential, commercial, retail and community space over 53 acres. Our Campuses account for 63% of our portfolio. Retail & London Urban Logistics accounts for 37% of the portfolio and is focused on retail parks which are aligned to the growth of convenience, online and last mile fulfilment. We are complementing this with urban logistics primarily in London, focused on development-led opportunities. Sustainability is embedded throughout our business. Our approach is focused on three key pillars where British Land can create the most benefit: Greener Spaces, making our whole portfolio net zero carbon by 2030, Thriving Places, partnering to grow social value and wellbeing in the communities where we operate and Responsible Choices, advocating responsible business practices across British Land and throughout our supply chain, and maintaining robust governance structures.