MAA vs LAMR Comparison

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc or MAA, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, operation, and development of multifamily apartment communities located in the southeastern and southwestern United States. The company operates two reportable segments; Same Store includes communities that the Company has owned and have been stabilized for at least a full 12 months as of the first day of the calendar year and Non-Same Store and Other includes recently acquired communities, communities being developed or in lease-up, communities that have been disposed of or identified for disposition, communities that have experienced a casualty loss and stabilized communities that do not meet the requirements to be Same Store communities.

Lamar Advertising Co is an outdoor advertising companies in the United States and operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust. It rent space for advertising on billboards, buses, shelters, benches, logo plates and in airport terminals and also offer customers a fully integrated service with all aspects of their display requirements from ad copy production to placement and maintenance. It has two operating segments: billboard and Others. Key revenue is generated from Billboard segment.