Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend REG or LAMR?

Regency Centers presently has a consensus price target of $70.64, suggesting a potential upside of 8.07%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus price target of $119.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.22%. Given Lamar Advertising's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
Lamar Advertising	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in REG or LAMR?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, REG or LAMR?

Lamar Advertising has higher revenue and earnings than Regency Centers. Lamar Advertising is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, 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
Regency Centers	$1.32B	9.13	$364.56M	$2.05	31.88
Lamar Advertising	$2.11B	5.83	$495.76M	$4.87	24.74

Is REG or LAMR a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Regency Centers pays out 130.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Lamar Advertising is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor REG or LAMR?

In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 26 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 14 mentions for Regency Centers. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.40 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lamar Advertising	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, REG or LAMR?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is REG or LAMR more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.31% compared to Regency Centers' net margin of 23.29%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 41.86% beat Lamar Advertising's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.31%	5.52%	3.10%
Lamar Advertising	23.29%	41.86%	7.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REG or LAMR?

Lamar Advertising received 356 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.11% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 38.96% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 30 38.96%	Underperform Votes 47 61.04%
Lamar Advertising	Outperform Votes 386 59.11%	Underperform Votes 267 40.89%

Summary

Lamar Advertising beats Regency Centers on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.