WPC vs. LAMR, GLPI, UDR, KIM, ELS, REG, AMH, CPT, DOC, and HST
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Regency Centers (REG), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), and Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Lamar Advertising pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Lamar Advertising pays out 107.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey pays out 104.8% 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 4 consecutive years and W. P. Carey has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. W. P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
W. P. Carey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lamar Advertising. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamar Advertising, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 40.68% compared to W. P. Carey's net margin of 23.49%. W. P. Carey's return on equity of 41.88% beat Lamar Advertising's return on equity.
Lamar Advertising received 48 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave Lamar Advertising an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lamar Advertising had 18 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Lamar Advertising and 25 mentions for W. P. Carey. Lamar Advertising's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.00 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lamar Advertising shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lamar Advertising presently has a consensus target price of $109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.81%. W. P. Carey has a consensus target price of $63.36, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given Lamar Advertising's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than Lamar Advertising.
Summary
Lamar Advertising beats W. P. Carey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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