LAMR vs. WPC, GLPI, ELS, UDR, KIM, REG, CPT, AMH, DOC, and HST
Should you be buying Lamar Advertising stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamar Advertising include W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), and Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) and Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
W. P. Carey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lamar Advertising. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamar Advertising, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 33.65% compared to W. P. Carey's net margin of 23.29%. W. P. Carey's return on equity of 41.86% beat Lamar Advertising's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 35 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 21 mentions for W. P. Carey. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.00 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% 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.
Lamar Advertising received 47 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.08% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
W. P. Carey currently has a consensus target price of $63.18, suggesting a potential upside of 9.37%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus target price of $109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.82%. Given Lamar Advertising's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.
73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. W. P. Carey pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. W. P. Carey has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Lamar Advertising has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats W. P. Carey on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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