Stocks · Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Boston Omaha Corporation BOC
$13.21 +1.77% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $399.1M
Expensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.42, down 1835.5% year over year.
- Net debt is 6.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $108.9M, down 2.4% from a year earlier, slowing from 4.0% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 30%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 11%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 25%
- Gross marginTop 15%
- Operating marginBottom 21%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Interest coverBottom 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 39%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 19%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnTop 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 42%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 11%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.0% | -2.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -1696.4% | -1835.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 67.6% | 77.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -3.3% | -4.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -6.9% | -6.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.4% | 4.0% | ↓ | Bottom 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -1835.5% | -1696.4% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| Gross margin | 77.8% | 67.6% | ↑ | Top 15% |
| Operating margin | -4.8% | -3.3% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Net margin | -12.1% | 0.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -6.5% | -6.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.7% | — | Bottom 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.1% | — | Top 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -56.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.28×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -2.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.07%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.07%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $17.00
- Target vs current price
- +28.7%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -66.7% | -1.2% | -4.7% | -6.4% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | -133.3% | +3.2% | +9.5% | +19.2% | +26.6% |
| Mar 30, 2026 | -633.3% | +1.3% | +6.9% | +3.4% | +12.2% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -166.7% | -0.8% | -1.0% | +9.3% | +1.6% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | -600.0% | +0.9% | -6.8% | -1.7% | -7.9% |
| May 14, 2025 | -300.0% | -0.6% | -7.6% | -8.7% | -14.8% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | +950.0% | -3.6% | -2.1% | +3.9% | -3.7% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -233.3% | -2.4% | -9.7% | -7.1% | -7.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -$0.05 | -$0.03 | -66.7% | $22.2M |
| May 14, 2026 | -$0.07 | -$0.03 | -133.3% | $28.2M |
| Mar 30, 2026 | -$0.22 | -$0.03 | -633.3% | $29.7M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.03 | -166.7% | $28.7M |
| Aug 13, 2025 | -$0.07 | -$0.01 | -600.0% | $28.2M |
| May 14, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.01 | -300.0% | $27.7M |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.17 | -$0.02 | +950.0% | $27.9M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.05 | -$0.02 | -233.3% | $27.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 35.3× | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| EV / Sales | 4.46× | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -1.76% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Earnings yield | -3.18% | — | — | Bottom 39% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.2× – 93.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 2
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.9%
- RSI (14)
- 41.3
- Relative volume
- 1.22×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 24.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 5th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.24
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.13
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2021 | May 15, 2026 | -76.6% | 1314 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $399.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.42
- Revenue (TTM)
- $108.9M
- 52-week range
- $10.52 – $15.22
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $57.0M | $81.2M | $96.3M | $108.3M | $114.4M |
| Gross profit | $38.4M | $54.5M | $64.4M | $73.9M | $99.4M |
| Operating income | -$23.8M | -$5.2M | -$8.9M | -$8.5M | -$3.9M |
| Net income | $52.7M | $10.2M | -$7.0M | -$1.3M | -$12.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.82 | $0.34 | -$0.23 | -$0.04 | -$0.40 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $27.7M | $27.9M | $27.7M | $28.2M | $28.7M | $29.7M | $28.2M | $22.2M |
| Net income | -$1.6M | $5.3M | -$669,285 | -$2.3M | -$2.6M | -$6.9M | -$2.1M | -$1.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.05 | $0.17 | -$0.02 | -$0.07 | -$0.08 | -$0.22 | -$0.07 | -$0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.8M | -$5.2M | $16.1M | $21.2M | $17.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.0M | -$40.1M | -$51.9M | -$32.2M | -$27.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$13.2M | -$45.2M | -$35.8M | -$11.0M | -$10.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $62.9M | -$37,477 | $37.5M | -$18.4M | -$5.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $35.3M
- Total assets
- $683.1M
- Total liabilities
- $167.8M
- Total debt
- $101.5M
- Net debt
- $86.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $501.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,892,118
- Days to cover
- 12.01
- Change vs previous report
- +7.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.