Boston Omaha Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

By: Boston Omaha Corporation via Business Wire

November 12, 2024 at 16:16 PM EST

Boston Omaha Corporation (NYSE: BOC) (the “Company”, “we”, or “our”) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, in connection with filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We show below summary financial data for the third quarter of 2024 and 2023. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q can be found at www.bostonomaha.com. A supplemental presentation providing additional financial information for the third quarter of 2024 can be found on our investor relations website at https://investor.bostonomaha.com. We believe that it’s important for shareholders to read the supplemental presentation as, in management’s opinion, it provides additional information on business metrics we use in gauging the performance of each of our three principal business units and investments.

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
		2024			2023			2024			2023
Billboard Rentals, Net	$	11,503,915		$	10,891,979		$	33,638,043		$	32,029,726
Broadband Services		9,664,074			8,995,678			29,135,486			26,230,819
Premiums Earned		5,425,052			3,727,219			14,165,167			10,293,119
Insurance Commissions		520,657			378,987			1,550,400			1,449,653
Investment and Other Income		587,238			554,238			1,852,354			1,576,963
Total Revenues		27,700,936			24,548,101			80,341,450			71,580,280

Depreciation and Amortization Expense		5,673,662			4,983,010			16,467,929			14,336,413

Net Loss from Operations		(740,022	)		(1,942,729	)		(7,194,918	)		(6,562,425	)
Net Other (Expense) Income		(1,065,883	)		(1,230,036	)		(834,439	)		12,864

Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	(1,595,136	)	$	(1,642,506	)	$	(6,638,436	)	$	(3,422,048	)
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Share	$	(0.05	)	$	(0.05	)	$	(0.21	)	$	(0.11	)

							September 30,			December 31,
								2024			2023
Total Unrestricted Cash & Investments⁽¹⁾							$	37,225,358		$	71,269,580
Total Assets								711,938,773			768,207,092
Total Liabilities								158,500,122			151,754,831
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest								-			15,638,013
Total Boston Omaha Stockholders' Equity								527,682,666			538,207,426
Noncontrolling Interests ⁽²⁾								25,755,985			62,606,822
Total Equity							$	553,438,651		$	600,814,248

(1)		Investments consist of U.S. Treasury securities classified as trading securities and marketable equity securities, of which $2,447,497 is held by our insurance entities at September 30, 2024. Marketable equity securities excludes Sky Harbour Group Corporation (“Sky Harbour”) Class A common stock as we account for our 18.6% stake (as measured at September 30, 2024) under the equity method.
(2)		Noncontrolling interests are related to third party capital raised within our build for rent fund as well as within our 24th Street commercial real estate funds.

In the third quarter of fiscal 2024, “Net Other (Expense) Income” included non-cash losses of $9.4 million from unconsolidated affiliates mainly related to our share of Sky Harbour’s loss from operations, which we account for under the equity method, and interest expense of $0.5 million mainly incurred under Link's term loan and revolver. These items were partially offset by a $7.8 million unrealized gain on our Sky Harbour warrants, other investment income of $0.6 million primarily related to changes in the fair value of the 24th Street Funds mainly driven by the underlying real estate properties, and interest and dividend income of $0.3 million.

Our investment in Sky Harbour Class A common stock and warrants was valued at $90.2 million on our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024. If our investment in Sky Harbour Class A common stock was accounted for at fair value based on its quoted market price (currently valued using equity method accounting), then our total investment in Sky Harbour Class A common stock and warrants would be valued at $154.7 million as of September 30, 2024.

Cash inflow from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $12.1 million, compared to a cash inflow of $12.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2024, we repurchased 97,262 shares of our Class A common stock on the open market for a total cost of $1,380,180.

Our book value per share was $16.82 at September 30, 2024, compared to $17.19 at December 31, 2023.

As of September 30, 2024, we had 30,846,087 shares of Class A common stock and 527,780 shares of Class B common stock outstanding.

As of November 11, 2024, we had 30,846,087 shares of Class A common stock and 527,780 shares of Class B common stock outstanding.

About Boston Omaha Corporation

Boston Omaha Corporation is a public holding company with four majority owned businesses engaged in outdoor advertising, broadband telecommunications services, surety insurance and asset management.

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