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MetricBOCBOSTON OMAHA CorpPUBMPubMatic, Inc.MNTNMNTN, Inc.ADVAdvantage Solutions Inc.Median of the restexcluding BOC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$12.56▼ 0.08 (0.63%)
$17.25▲ 0.08 (0.47%)
$9.71▼ 0.15 (1.52%)
$28.30▲ 0.60 (2.17%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.5.0/103.3/107.3/104.0/104.0/10
Market value$394.6M$810.9M$737.6M$389.0M
Revenue$114.4M$282.9M$290.1M$3.54B
Profit-$12.4M-$14.5M-$6.4M-$227.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.5.6%-2.9%28.6%-0.7%-0.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.65.8%63.6%77.2%14.0%63.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-3.4%-6.1%8.3%-3.6%-3.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-10.9%-5.1%-2.2%-6.4%-5.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-8.8%23.6%—1.6%12.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-2.4%-5.5%-2.1%-41.1%-5.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-0.6%-11.6%19.9%-5.0%-5.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—————
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.31.68x————
Price to book0.76x3.09x2.41x0.70x2.41x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.34x1.59x0.24x4.04x1.59x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/95/85/86/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafedistress

How BOC compares with the others

  • BOC's operating margin of -3.4% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-3.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 5.6% against -0.7%.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.3x against 1.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.