LAMR vs. GLPI, ELS, CPT, WPC, KIM, UDR, REG, HST, AMH, and DOC
Should you be buying Lamar Advertising stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamar Advertising include Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), W. P. Carey (WPC), Kimco Realty (KIM), UDR (UDR), Regency Centers (REG), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), and Healthpeak Properties (DOC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) and Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
91.1% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gaming and Leisure Properties received 56 more outperform votes than Lamar Advertising when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Gaming and Leisure Properties an outperform vote while only 59.08% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 23 more articles in the media than Gaming and Leisure Properties. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 15 mentions for Gaming and Leisure Properties. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Gaming and Leisure Properties' score of 0.45 indicating that Gaming and Leisure Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gaming and Leisure Properties presently has a consensus target price of $51.46, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus target price of $109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.68%. Given Lamar Advertising's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Gaming and Leisure Properties is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.
Gaming and Leisure Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Gaming and Leisure Properties pays out 112.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lamar Advertising pays out 106.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gaming and Leisure Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Lamar Advertising has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Gaming and Leisure Properties' net margin of 23.29%. Gaming and Leisure Properties' return on equity of 41.86% beat Lamar Advertising's return on equity.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lamar Advertising. Gaming and Leisure Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamar Advertising, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats Gaming and Leisure Properties on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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