LAMR vs. LSI, REG, CUBE, NLY, AMH, BXP, HST, CPT, REXR, and KIM
Should you be buying Lamar Advertising stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamar Advertising include Life Storage (LSI), Regency Centers (REG), CubeSmart (CUBE), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Boston Properties (BXP), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Lamar Advertising vs.
Life Storage (NYSE:LSI) and Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Life Storage pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Life Storage pays out 113.5% 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 115.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Life Storage has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Lamar Advertising has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
89.6% of Life Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Life Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Life Storage has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Life Storage received 215 more outperform votes than Lamar Advertising when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.36% of users gave Life Storage an outperform vote while only 60.06% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 12 more articles in the media than Life Storage. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 18 mentions for Life Storage. Life Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Lamar Advertising's score of 0.31 indicating that Life Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Life Storage has a net margin of 34.50% compared to Lamar Advertising's net margin of 21.58%. Lamar Advertising's return on equity of 35.56% beat Life Storage's return on equity.
Lamar Advertising has higher revenue and earnings than Life Storage. Lamar Advertising is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Life Storage presently has a consensus price target of $125.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.31%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus price target of $116.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. Given Lamar Advertising's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lamar Advertising is more favorable than Life Storage.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats Life Storage on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LAMR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Lamar Advertising Competitors List
