IRM vs. LAMR, REG, AVB, BRX, DLR, FRT, KIM, STAG, CTAS, and CPRT
Should you be buying Iron Mountain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iron Mountain include Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Regency Centers (REG), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Stag Industrial (STAG), Cintas (CTAS), and Copart (CPRT).
Iron Mountain vs. Its Competitors
Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) and Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Iron Mountain had 9 more articles in the media than Lamar Advertising. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Iron Mountain and 18 mentions for Lamar Advertising. Iron Mountain's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Lamar Advertising's score of 0.16 indicating that Iron Mountain is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Iron Mountain has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lamar Advertising has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Iron Mountain. Lamar Advertising is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iron Mountain, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iron Mountain currently has a consensus target price of $121.71, indicating a potential upside of 19.89%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus target price of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.94%. Given Iron Mountain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Iron Mountain is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.
Lamar Advertising has a net margin of 19.08% compared to Iron Mountain's net margin of 1.97%. Lamar Advertising's return on equity of 37.62% beat Iron Mountain's return on equity.
Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Iron Mountain pays out 765.9% 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 150.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Iron Mountain has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Lamar Advertising has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Lamar Advertising is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats Iron Mountain on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
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This page (NYSE:IRM) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
