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How Boston Omaha Corporation stacks up
BOC · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
12/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #2,136 of 2,440 · scores higher than 12% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including BOC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 12?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 90% of peers. Return on assets: -1.9% vs peer median 3.1%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 89% of peers. Operating margin: -3.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 84% of peers. Return on invested capital: -0.5% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BOC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BOC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 2,323 reported | -0.5% | 7.1% | 16% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | -3.1% | 7.7% | 11% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | -1.9% | 3.1% | 10% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | -2.9% | 8.0% | 16% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 43.9% | 25.8% | 85% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BOC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 2,136 | 6.8B CNY (≈$947M) | 12 | 15 | |
| 2,136 | 28M MYR (≈$6M) | 12 | 47 | |
| 2,136 | Unavailable | 12 | 22 | |
| 2,136 | 3.2B USD | 12 | 22 | |
| 2,136 | 388M USD | 12 | 38 | |
| 2,136 | 105.0B IDR (≈$7M) | 12 | 16 | |
| 2,136 | 298M CHF (≈$342M) | 12 | 23 | |
| 2,136 | 2.3B USD | 12 | 24 | |
| 2,136 | 547M USD | 12 | 23 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score