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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

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

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

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
Iron Mountain1.97% -201.62% 2.82%
Lamar Advertising 19.08%37.62%6.44%

Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Lamar Advertising has raised 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iron Mountain$6.15B4.78$180.16M$0.41243.05
Lamar Advertising$2.21B5.73$361.87M$4.1230.00

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.

Iron Mountain currently has a consensus target price of $121.71, suggesting a potential upside of 22.14%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus target price of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. 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
Iron Mountain
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Lamar Advertising
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, Iron Mountain had 9 more articles in the media than Lamar Advertising. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Iron Mountain and 17 mentions for Lamar Advertising. Iron Mountain's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Lamar Advertising's score of 0.22 indicating that Iron Mountain is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Iron Mountain
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lamar Advertising
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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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IRM vs. The Competition

MetricIron MountainBUSINESS INFO SVC IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.60B$20.92B$13.06B$20.52B
Dividend Yield3.13%1.66%2.71%3.78%
P/E Ratio243.0533.7628.6627.79
Price / Sales4.784.4439.7640.48
Price / Cash20.3018.5726.6222.26
Price / Book-95.8239.296.234.58
Net Income$180.16M$508.90M$188.58M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.06%0.97%2.47%0.41%
1 Month Performance-1.57%0.08%3.21%3.59%
1 Year Performance7.00%3.11%39.11%14.47%

Iron Mountain Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.315 of 5 stars
$99.65
-0.7%
$121.71
+22.1%
+7.3%$29.60B$6.15B243.0528,850Positive News
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
2.8113 of 5 stars
$121.36
+0.4%
$134.00
+10.4%
+4.0%$12.43B$2.21B29.463,500Trending News
Gap Up
REG
Regency Centers
3.9794 of 5 stars
$71.23
+1.0%
$78.08
+9.6%
+12.7%$12.93B$1.45B33.60440
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5285 of 5 stars
$203.46
+0.4%
$235.86
+15.9%
-0.8%$28.97B$2.91B25.342,950Positive News
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.1705 of 5 stars
$26.05
flat
$30.30
+16.3%
+13.0%$7.97B$1.30B24.81500Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.4394 of 5 stars
$174.28
+1.7%
$186.55
+7.0%
+11.1%$58.70B$5.55B162.883,410Positive News
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.5078 of 5 stars
$94.97
+0.3%
$112.54
+18.5%
-6.3%$8.15B$1.20B27.21320Positive News
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.0218 of 5 stars
$21.03
+0.5%
$24.68
+17.3%
+9.6%$14.23B$2.04B27.31N/A
STAG
Stag Industrial
3.401 of 5 stars
$36.26
+0.5%
$39.71
+9.5%
+1.7%$6.77B$767.38M27.2690
CTAS
Cintas
4.8257 of 5 stars
$222.87
+1.0%
$215.81
-3.2%
+21.1%$89.99B$9.60B51.6243,000Positive News
CPRT
Copart
3.5634 of 5 stars
$49.07
+1.8%
$55.50
+13.1%
-11.5%$47.45B$4.24B32.289,500Positive News
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