LAMR vs MICC Comparison

Lamar Advertising Co is an outdoor advertising company that operates as a real estate investment trust. It is engaged in the outdoor advertising business, operating outdoor advertising displays and logo signs mainly near highway exits, delivering brand-name information on available gas, food, lodging, and camping services. Included in the company's logo sign business are tourism signing contracts. It also provides transit advertising services in airport terminals, on bus shelters, benches, and buses. The company manages its operations through three operating segments: Billboard, which generates maximum revenue, Logo, and Transit Advertising. Geographically, it operates in the United States and Canada.

The Magnum Ice Cream Co., spun off from Unilever, manufactures and sells a broad portfolio of ice cream brands. The company is a global category leader, operating in 80 countries with around 21% market share. TMICC owns four of the world's five largest ice cream brands: Heartbrand (an umbrella brand with numerous well-known subbrands, which constitutes around 35% of sales), Magnum (23%), Ben & Jerry's (14%), and Cornetto (9%). The business generates about 65% of its revenue in developed markets, with the balance coming from emerging markets.