BOC vs HPI Comparison

Boston Omaha Corp is a United States based company which invests in real estate. Its operations include its ownership of multiple billboards in Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Alabama and equity method investments in several real estate companies. The company operates four separate lines of business, outdoor billboard advertising, the broadband services industry, the insurance industry, and the asset management industry. Company generate revenue from outdoor advertising through the leasing of advertising space on billboards. It also generate revenue from commissions on surety bond sales and account for commissions and principally from internet services and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract in the period the services are rendered.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide a high-level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The fund's principal investment strategies include investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, and short-term investments.