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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

Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) and Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lamar Advertising19.08% 37.62% 6.44%
Iron Mountain 1.97%-201.62%2.82%

Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Iron Mountain has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Lamar Advertising is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 1 more articles in the media than Iron Mountain. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 12 mentions for Iron Mountain. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Iron Mountain's score of 1.43 indicating that Lamar Advertising is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lamar Advertising
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Iron Mountain
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lamar Advertising has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lamar Advertising$2.21B5.68$361.87M$4.1229.83
Iron Mountain$6.15B4.70$180.16M$0.41239.00

Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iron Mountain has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Lamar Advertising currently has a consensus price target of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.02%. Iron Mountain has a consensus price target of $121.71, indicating a potential upside of 24.21%. Given Iron Mountain's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Iron Mountain is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lamar Advertising
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Iron Mountain
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

Summary

Lamar Advertising beats Iron Mountain on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IRM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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IRM vs. The Competition

MetricIron MountainBUSINESS INFO SVC IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.91B$20.83B$14.73B$20.78B
Dividend Yield3.20%1.73%2.74%3.60%
P/E Ratio239.0033.4928.5927.73
Price / Sales4.704.2248.3367.59
Price / Cash19.8318.7227.1523.29
Price / Book-94.2235.995.914.52
Net Income$180.16M$508.90M$196.26M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-1.35%-0.41%-4.16%-2.55%
1 Month Performance-4.39%-2.14%0.91%2.02%
1 Year Performance-3.26%0.58%25.12%8.23%

Iron Mountain Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.4866 of 5 stars
$97.99
-1.4%
$121.71
+24.2%
-0.1%$28.91B$6.15B239.0028,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
2.7131 of 5 stars
$124.04
-0.7%
$134.00
+8.0%
+4.0%$12.70B$2.21B30.113,500
REG
Regency Centers
3.7785 of 5 stars
$69.76
-0.2%
$77.54
+11.2%
+8.3%$12.66B$1.45B32.91440Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.509 of 5 stars
$201.02
-0.8%
$235.07
+16.9%
-2.5%$28.62B$2.91B25.032,988News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.5137 of 5 stars
$25.53
-0.1%
$30.30
+18.7%
+6.5%$7.81B$1.29B24.32500News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.3462 of 5 stars
$177.34
-0.4%
$187.16
+5.5%
+21.0%$59.73B$5.55B165.743,936Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7568 of 5 stars
$94.25
-0.4%
$111.29
+18.1%
-14.5%$8.09B$1.22B27.01320Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KIM
Kimco Realty
3.895 of 5 stars
$21.63
-0.2%
$24.70
+14.2%
+2.7%$14.63B$2.04B28.08640Upcoming Earnings
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.1846 of 5 stars
$35.66
+0.0%
$39.71
+11.4%
-11.6%$6.65B$785.42M26.8190Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CTAS
Cintas
4.6703 of 5 stars
$221.32
-0.3%
$224.54
+1.5%
+16.5%$89.37B$10.34B50.1946,500Trending News
Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
CPRT
Copart
3.5847 of 5 stars
$46.03
+0.1%
$53.33
+15.9%
-9.0%$44.51B$4.24B30.2811,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:IRM) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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