Omnicom Group (OMC) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LAMR or OMC?

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
Lamar Advertising	$2.21B	5.30	$495.76M	$4.12	27.81
Omnicom Group	$15.75B	0.91	$1.48B	$7.31	10.00

Which has more volatility and risk, LAMR or OMC?

Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LAMR or OMC?

Lamar Advertising currently has a consensus price target of $132.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.73%. Omnicom Group has a consensus price target of $101.29, indicating a potential upside of 38.53%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAMR or OMC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lamar Advertising	Outperform Votes 389 58.41%	Underperform Votes 277 41.59%
Omnicom Group	Outperform Votes 384 49.74%	Underperform Votes 388 50.26%

Is LAMR or OMC 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
Lamar Advertising	16.40%	30.20%	5.53%
Omnicom Group	9.44%	36.39%	5.67%

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

93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Omnicom Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer LAMR or OMC?

In the previous week, Omnicom Group had 5 more articles in the media than Lamar Advertising. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Omnicom Group and 11 mentions for Lamar Advertising. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Omnicom Group's score of 1.10 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Omnicom Group	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LAMR or OMC a better dividend stock?

Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. Omnicom Group pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

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