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$109.68 -4.00 (-3.52%)
Closing price 04/10/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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LAMR vs. OMC, IPG, NCMI, CCO, GOOG, CCI, VICI, VTR, EXR, and AVB

Should you be buying Lamar Advertising stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamar Advertising include Omnicom Group (OMC), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), National CineMedia (NCMI), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), Alphabet (GOOG), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), Ventas (VTR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), and AvalonBay Communities (AVB).

Lamar Advertising vs.

Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) and Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Omnicom Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lamar Advertising. Omnicom Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamar Advertising, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lamar Advertising$2.21B5.09$495.76M$3.5331.07
Omnicom Group$15.69B0.93$1.48B$7.459.92

Lamar Advertising received 8 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.50% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 49.61% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lamar AdvertisingOutperform Votes
389
58.50%
Underperform Votes
276
41.50%
Omnicom GroupOutperform Votes
381
49.61%
Underperform Votes
387
50.39%

Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Lamar Advertising pays out 175.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Omnicom Group pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Lamar Advertising currently has a consensus target price of $134.60, indicating a potential upside of 22.72%. Omnicom Group has a consensus target price of $104.43, indicating a potential upside of 41.25%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lamar Advertising
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Omnicom Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Lamar Advertising has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.44%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 36.39% beat Lamar Advertising's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lamar Advertising16.40% 30.20% 5.53%
Omnicom Group 9.44%36.39%5.67%

Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Lamar Advertising and Lamar Advertising both had 20 articles in the media. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Omnicom Group's score of 1.21 indicating that Lamar Advertising is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lamar Advertising
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Omnicom Group
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Lamar Advertising beats Omnicom Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LAMR vs. The Competition

MetricLamar AdvertisingReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.23B$6.46B$10.46B$7.38B
Dividend Yield5.66%7.00%5.82%4.26%
P/E Ratio31.0755.1521.1317.55
Price / Sales5.096.3224.4489.69
Price / Cash15.1817.3217.6134.64
Price / Book9.201.562.493.81
Net Income$495.76M$177.71M$1.03B$247.05M
7 Day Performance4.43%-4.02%-0.62%0.58%
1 Month Performance-6.06%-11.11%487.96%-8.66%
1 Year Performance-3.32%-1.95%529.70%-6.60%

Lamar Advertising Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
3.1901 of 5 stars
$109.68
-3.5%
$134.60
+22.7%
-2.3%$11.23B$2.21B31.073,500News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OMC
Omnicom Group
4.5605 of 5 stars
$71.54
-1.4%
$104.43
+46.0%
-19.4%$14.06B$15.69B9.6074,200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.5374 of 5 stars
$23.28
-1.8%
$33.50
+43.9%
-21.8%$8.68B$10.69B12.7258,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
NCMI
National CineMedia
2.7549 of 5 stars
$5.75
+0.5%
$7.70
+33.9%
+14.7%$547.46M$240.80M-23.00350News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CCO
Clear Channel Outdoor
1.644 of 5 stars
$0.90
-2.8%
$2.22
+145.2%
-33.7%$443.01M$1.51B-3.124,700Insider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8904 of 5 stars
$149.24
+1.0%
$208.65
+39.8%
-1.5%$1.82T$350.02B18.54190,200Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CCI
Crown Castle
4.1823 of 5 stars
$98.06
-2.9%
$110.00
+12.2%
-2.6%$42.70B$6.57B34.775,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VICI
VICI Properties
4.7136 of 5 stars
$29.75
-2.7%
$34.63
+16.4%
+7.1%$31.44B$3.85B11.6220Positive News
High Trading Volume
VTR
Ventas
4.3235 of 5 stars
$64.12
-2.1%
$72.90
+13.7%
+54.4%$28.06B$4.92B337.50450Positive News
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.5506 of 5 stars
$131.99
-4.5%
$171.09
+29.6%
-7.7%$28.01B$3.26B34.554,780Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.1935 of 5 stars
$188.85
-1.5%
$237.40
+25.7%
+4.0%$26.87B$2.91B24.882,950High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:LAMR) was last updated on 4/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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