Analyzing Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) & XChange TEC.INC (NASDAQ:XHG)

XChange TEC.INC (NASDAQ:XHG) and Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for XChange TEC.INC and Boston Omaha, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XChange TEC.INC	0	0	0	0	0.00
Boston Omaha	0	1	1	0	2.50

Boston Omaha has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.67%. Given Boston Omaha’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Omaha is more favorable than XChange TEC.INC.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares XChange TEC.INC and Boston Omaha”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XChange TEC.INC	$76.74 million	0.00	-$9.77 million	N/A	N/A
Boston Omaha	$105.01 million	4.26	-$7.00 million	($0.33)	-43.24

Boston Omaha has higher revenue and earnings than XChange TEC.INC.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.4% of Boston Omaha shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of XChange TEC.INC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Boston Omaha shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

XChange TEC.INC has a beta of -0.89, meaning that its share price is 189% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares XChange TEC.INC and Boston Omaha’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XChange TEC.INC	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boston Omaha	-9.73%	-1.76%	-1.38%

Summary

Boston Omaha beats XChange TEC.INC on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About XChange TEC.INC

XChange TEC.INC engages in the professional insurance agency business in the People’s Republic of China. The company provides a various insurance products underwritten by insurance companies, including state-owned property and casualty insurance companies, as well as various regional property and casualty insurance companies. It also offers automobile, life, health, group accident, and other property related insurances primarily to individual end consumers. In addition, the company operates a SaaS platform to offer comprehensive services to online customers. It sells insurance primarily through a network of external referral sources that include external registered sales representatives and strategic channel partners, as well as through the in-house sales force. The company was formerly known as FLJ Group Limited and changed its name to XChange TEC.INC in May 2024. XChange TEC.INC was founded in 2012 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

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.