OMC vs. LAMR, IPG, CCO, NCMI, GOOG, WPP, CRTO, STGW, GRPN, and HAO
Should you be buying Omnicom Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Omnicom Group include Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Alphabet (GOOG), WPP (WPP), Criteo (CRTO), Stagwell (STGW), Groupon (GRPN), and Haoxi Health Technology (HAO).
Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) and Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 32 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 7 mentions for Omnicom Group. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Lamar Advertising's score of 0.02 indicating that Omnicom Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lamar Advertising has a net margin of 23.29% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.96%. Lamar Advertising's return on equity of 41.86% beat Omnicom Group's return on equity.
Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Omnicom Group pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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.
Omnicom Group currently has a consensus price target of $104.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.01%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus price target of $109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.54%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.
Lamar Advertising received 14 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.08% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 49.14% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats Omnicom Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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