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$75.75 -0.41 (-0.54%)
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OMC vs. LAMR, IPG, NCMI, CCO, GOOG, WPP, CRTO, STGW, GRPN, and MCTR

Should you be buying Omnicom Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Omnicom Group include Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), National CineMedia (NCMI), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), Alphabet (GOOG), WPP (WPP), Criteo (CRTO), Stagwell (STGW), Groupon (GRPN), and CTRL GROUP (MCTR).

Omnicom Group vs.

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

Lamar Advertising has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.44%. Omnicom Group's return on equity of 36.39% beat Lamar Advertising's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Omnicom Group9.44% 36.39% 5.67%
Lamar Advertising 16.40%30.20%5.53%

Lamar Advertising received 5 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.41% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 49.74% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Omnicom GroupOutperform Votes
384
49.74%
Underperform Votes
388
50.26%
Lamar AdvertisingOutperform Votes
389
58.41%
Underperform Votes
277
41.59%

92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Omnicom Group 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.

Omnicom Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lamar Advertising. Omnicom Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamar Advertising, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Omnicom Group$15.75B0.94$1.48B$7.3110.36
Lamar Advertising$2.21B5.29$495.76M$3.5332.29

In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 1 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 10 mentions for Omnicom Group. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Omnicom Group's score of 1.45 indicating that Lamar Advertising is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Omnicom Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lamar Advertising
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Omnicom Group currently has a consensus target price of $101.29, suggesting a potential upside of 33.71%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus target price of $132.60, suggesting a potential upside of 16.32%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Omnicom Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Lamar Advertising
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Omnicom Group pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lamar Advertising pays out 175.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lamar Advertising beats Omnicom Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OMC vs. The Competition

MetricOmnicom GroupAdvertising agencies IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.78B$1.99B$22.15B$18.96B
Dividend Yield3.74%4.53%2.59%4.01%
P/E Ratio10.1783.6030.6832.87
Price / Sales0.9425.99171.4928.03
Price / Cash8.919.3131.5117.52
Price / Book3.142.295.024.47
Net Income$1.48B$142.27M$194.53M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.88%0.65%0.82%0.73%
1 Month Performance-4.98%1.02%3.54%-2.62%
1 Year Performance-19.11%-19.01%12.53%4.59%

Omnicom Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OMC
Omnicom Group
4.8632 of 5 stars
$75.75
-0.5%
$101.29
+33.7%
-19.1%$14.78B$15.75B10.1774,200Positive News
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
3.4847 of 5 stars
$113.80
+1.5%
$134.60
+18.3%
-3.0%$11.65B$2.21B32.243,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.6197 of 5 stars
$24.81
+1.0%
$33.44
+34.8%
-18.1%$9.25B$10.52B13.5658,400
NCMI
National CineMedia
3.0576 of 5 stars
$5.89
-0.2%
$7.70
+30.7%
+26.4%$560.68M$240.80M-23.56350Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CCO
Clear Channel Outdoor
1.5609 of 5 stars
$1.02
flat
$2.22
+117.3%
-29.2%$499.86M$1.51B-3.524,700Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
GOOG
Alphabet
4.9184 of 5 stars
$162.42
-0.9%
$203.94
+25.6%
-1.7%$1.98T$359.71B20.18190,200Dividend Increase
WPP
WPP
2.8102 of 5 stars
$37.69
+1.6%
N/A-23.8%$8.13B$14.74B6.31115,500
CRTO
Criteo
4.0727 of 5 stars
$34.22
-1.9%
$49.64
+45.1%
-4.9%$1.98B$1.93B20.373,720Analyst Forecast
STGW
Stagwell
2.1547 of 5 stars
$5.60
+0.4%
$9.08
+62.2%
-18.4%$1.49B$2.84B280.0012,200Upcoming Earnings
GRPN
Groupon
2.5074 of 5 stars
$18.10
-9.0%
$17.75
-1.9%
+65.2%$720.58M$492.56M35.493,680Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MCTR
CTRL GROUP
N/A$7.00
-8.7%
N/AN/A$105M$34.60M0.0020Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:OMC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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