British Land (OTCMKTS:BTLCY) and Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) Head to Head Comparison

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British Land	$571.65 million	8.30	$431.25 million	N/A	N/A
Boston Omaha	$111.57 million	3.94	-$1.29 million	$0.03	465.67

British Land has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Omaha.

Volatility & Risk

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for British Land and Boston Omaha, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Boston Omaha has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.95%. Given Boston Omaha’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than British Land.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

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

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.

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.