CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust (NYSE:CORR) versus Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) Head to Head Survey

Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) and CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust (NYSE:CORR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lamar Advertising and CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lamar Advertising	0	2	0	0	2.00
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A

Lamar Advertising currently has a consensus price target of $109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.94%.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.8% of Lamar Advertising shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.3% of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Lamar Advertising shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Lamar Advertising has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lamar Advertising and CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lamar Advertising	$2.11 billion	5.40	$495.76 million	$4.85	23.02
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust	$133.65 million	0.00	-$12.76 million	($1.46)	N/A

Lamar Advertising has higher revenue and earnings than CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust. CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamar Advertising, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Lamar Advertising and CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lamar Advertising	23.49%	41.88%	7.60%
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust	-9.88%	4.05%	0.87%

Summary

Lamar Advertising beats CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lamar Advertising

Lamar Advertising Company operates as an outdoor advertising company in the United States and Canada. The company owns and operates billboards, logo signs, and transit advertising displays, as well as rents space for advertising on billboards, buses, shelters, benches, logo plates, and in airport terminals. Lamar Advertising Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

About CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CORR, CORRPrA) is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates or leases regulated natural gas transmission and distribution lines and crude oil gathering, storage and transmission pipelines and associated rights-of-way. On February 25, 2024, CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri.