Omnicom Group (OMC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, OMC or LAMR?

Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OMC or LAMR?

92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Omnicom Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OMC or LAMR a better dividend stock?

Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Omnicom Group pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lamar Advertising pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer OMC or LAMR?

Omnicom Group currently has a consensus price target of $108.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.59%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus price target of $133.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omnicom Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Lamar Advertising	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media refer more to OMC or LAMR?

In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 7 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 19 mentions for Omnicom Group. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Lamar Advertising's score of 0.71 indicating that Omnicom Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Omnicom Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lamar Advertising	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OMC or LAMR?

Lamar Advertising received 9 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.58% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 49.54% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Omnicom Group	Outperform Votes 380 49.54%	Underperform Votes 387 50.46%
Lamar Advertising	Outperform Votes 389 58.58%	Underperform Votes 275 41.42%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, OMC or LAMR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omnicom Group	$15.69B	1.03	$1.48B	$7.45	11.04
Lamar Advertising	$2.11B	5.91	$495.76M	$5.00	24.38

Is OMC or LAMR more profitable?

Lamar Advertising has a net margin of 23.46% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.44%. Lamar Advertising's return on equity of 42.58% beat Omnicom Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omnicom Group	9.44%	36.39%	5.67%
Lamar Advertising	23.46%	42.58%	7.82%

Summary

Lamar Advertising beats Omnicom Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.