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American Tower Corporation (AMT) vs Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)

American Tower Corporation and Lamar Advertising Company are both Reit Specialty companies. American Tower Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $90.0B against $16.0B — 5.6× the size. American Tower Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 26.4× against 27.3×. American Tower Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.31% against 5.12%. American Tower Corporation has the higher net margin (30.1% vs 24.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.81% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; American Tower Corporation yields more (3.75% vs 3.11%). Across the 23 metrics below, Lamar Advertising Company leads on 13 and American Tower Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric AMT LAMR Reit Specialty median
P/E 26.42 27.33 27.33
P/S 7.97 6.69 5.96
P/B 8.99 15.91 1.95
Price to free cash flow 22.16 19.65 17.87
EV/EBITDA 17.47 17.26 17.26
EV/Sales 11.20 8.16 8.16
Earnings yield 3.78% 3.66% 2.90%
Free cash flow yield 4.51% 5.09% 4.57%

Profitability

Metric AMT LAMR Reit Specialty median
Gross margin 73.52% 67.63% 59.09%
Operating margin 44.85% 32.11% 20.08%
Net margin 30.10% 24.35% 16.19%
Free cash flow margin 35.98% 34.06% 23.67%
Return on equity 32.28% 55.42% 3.95%
Return on assets 5.22% 8.31% 3.00%
Return on invested capital 6.81% 0.00% 3.57%

Growth

Metric AMT LAMR Reit Specialty median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.31% 5.12% 7.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 12.03% 63.92% 26.78%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.77% 7.63% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 8.39% 19.28% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMT LAMR Reit Specialty median
Debt to equity 3.85 3.40 0.35
Current ratio 0.51 0.59 0.72
Net debt to EBITDA 5.13 3.04 4.47

Dividend

Metric AMT LAMR Reit Specialty median
Dividend yield 3.75% 3.11% 3.87%
Payout ratio 0.99 0.85 1.21

Size

Metric AMT LAMR Reit Specialty median
Market cap 89.97b 15.97b 6.55b

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