Omnicom Group (OMC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, OMC or LAMR?

Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OMC or LAMR?

Lamar Advertising received 6 more outperform votes than Omnicom Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.47% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 49.74% of users gave Omnicom Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Omnicom Group	Outperform Votes 384 49.74%	Underperform Votes 388 50.26%
Lamar Advertising	Outperform Votes 390 58.47%	Underperform Votes 277 41.53%

Does the media prefer OMC or LAMR?

In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 4 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 14 mentions for Omnicom Group. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Lamar Advertising's score of 0.52 indicating that Omnicom Group is being referred to more favorably in the 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)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lamar Advertising	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OMC or LAMR?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OMC or LAMR more profitable?

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 Group	9.44%	36.39%	5.67%
Lamar Advertising	16.40%	30.20%	5.53%

Is OMC or LAMR a better dividend stock?

Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Omnicom Group pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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.

Do analysts recommend OMC or LAMR?

Omnicom Group currently has a consensus target price of $101.29, suggesting a potential upside of 42.40%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus target price of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.33%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OMC or LAMR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omnicom Group	$15.75B	0.88	$1.48B	$7.31	9.73
Lamar Advertising	$2.21B	5.62	$495.76M	$4.12	29.48

Summary

Lamar Advertising beats Omnicom Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.