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Boston Omaha Corp

BOCNYSE

SectorCommunication Services

IndustryAdvertising

Beta (adjusted)0.76

Intrinsic Value $16.77median of 2 methodsbased on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $12.98Price as of 1 Oct 2026

UndervaluedIntrinsic value is 29% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $391M

Enterprise Value $423.5M

Shares Outstanding 30.6M diluted

Next Earnings Date12 Nov 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Boston Omaha Corp (BOC) operates as a diversified holding company with core businesses in outdoor advertising, broadband telecommunications, surety insurance, and asset management. While the company continues to grow its top-line recurring revenue streams (billboards and broadband), its bottom-line performance remains heavily impacted by non-cash investment fluctuations, particularly its equity-method stake in Sky Harbour Group. The recent strategic decision to sell its General Indemnity surety insurance unit to CopperPoint and the receipt of USDA funding for its broadband subsidiary represent positive capital allocation moves. However, persistent net losses and a complex conglomerate structure warrant a Hold recommendation until capital from recent divestitures is productively redeployed.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 19 Jun 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

The bear case involves integration and execution delays in the broadband segment despite USDA funding, coupled with rising capital expenditure requirements. Continued write-downs or fair value losses within the 24th Street and Build for Rent funds, along with a decline in Sky Harbour's market value, drag down book value per share below $15.00.

Base CaseCentral scenario

The base case assumes steady single-digit organic growth in billboard rentals and broadband services. The sale of the surety insurance unit successfully closes, providing a non-dilutive cash influx that is allocated toward high-return fiber passings and broadband infrastructure. Book value per share stabilizes around the $16.50 to $17.00 range, and share repurchases continue to support the stock price.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

Boston Omaha operates as a decentralized conglomerate with durable, high-margin, and cash-generative assets in billboards (Link Media Outdoor) and broadband (Boston Omaha Broadband). The bull case centers on the company trading at a significant discount to its Net Asset Value (NAV) and book value, with a competent capital allocator (CEO Adam Peterson) at the helm. The recent divestiture of its surety insurance business (General Indemnity Group) for approximately $80 million simplifies the corporate structure, provides substantial liquidity to deploy into higher-return assets, and accelerates the compounding of its core billboard and broadband segments to scale.

Scenarios reflect our research view at the research date.

Key Investment Merits

Strong recurring revenue streams from outdoor advertising (Link Media) and broadband services.
Significant non-dilutive capital catalyst via the USDA funding approval for FIF Utah, LLC.
Active share buyback program ($30M authorization) demonstrating management's commitment to capital return when shares trade below book value.

Key Investment Risks

High earnings volatility due to equity-method accounting and fair value adjustments of minority investments (e.g., Sky Harbour warrants).
Conglomerate discount applied by the market due to the diverse and unrelated nature of its business segments.
Capital intensive nature of the broadband fiber rollout which may pressure free cash flow.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Failure to close the sale of the General Indemnity surety insurance unit to CopperPoint.
A material decline in book value per share below $14.50.
Severe operational underperformance or subscriber loss in the broadband segment.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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