OMC vs. LAMR, IPG, CCO, NCMI, GOOG, WPP, IAS, STGW, NEXN, and TTGT
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), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Alphabet (GOOG), WPP (WPP), Integral Ad Science (IAS), Stagwell (STGW), Nexxen International (NEXN), and TechTarget (TTGT).
Omnicom Group vs. Its Competitors
Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) and Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) are both large-cap advertising companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
92.0% of Omnicom Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Omnicom Group 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Omnicom Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 8 more articles in the media than Omnicom Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 16 mentions for Omnicom Group. Omnicom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Lamar Advertising's score of 0.45 indicating that Omnicom Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Omnicom Group currently has a consensus target price of $96.43, indicating a potential upside of 31.00%. Lamar Advertising has a consensus target price of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.20%. Given Omnicom Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Omnicom Group is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.
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.
Omnicom Group pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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 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 a net margin of 19.08% compared to Omnicom Group's net margin of 9.20%. Lamar Advertising's return on equity of 37.62% beat Omnicom Group's return on equity.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats Omnicom Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OMC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff