Finance

6 Things About Clear Channel Outdoor

Here are six things about Clear Channel Outdoor which Billboard Insider learned from reading the Clear Channel Outdoor 2021 10k. Fewer employees in Europe European employees dropped by 7% in 2020.  US and Latin American employees were flat. \ More Digital Revenues Digital revenues have been steadily increasing as the […]

Can JCDecaux buy Clear Channel Europe?

JCDecaux is a candidate to buy Clear Channel Outdoor’s international business but it depends on financing.  A stock analyst asked JC Decaux CFO David Bourg about the company’s leverage last week and Bourg said this: …in our business, we know that it is quite important to go back to a […]

5 Things About Lamar

Here are five things about Lamar which Billboard Insider learned from reading all 119 pages of the Lamar Advertising 2021 10K. Record this, record that. 2021 was Lamar’s best year ever for revenues, cashflow, cashflow margin and stock price.  The company used covid as a chance to prune expenses and […]

Scott Wells: We are a Real GDP-Plus Business

Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells delivered upbeat remarks at yesterday’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference.  Here are some of his remarks. The advertising spend upside Only about half of the campaigns that get initiated use out of home…speaks to the opportunity that’s ahead for us. Sales force […]

OUTFRONT Convertible Shares Generate 36% IRR to Investors

Crisis for some is opportunity for others.  Remember early 2020 when it was fashionable to show pictures of streets with no cars and airplanes crashing behind out of home signs?  On April 16, 2020 Providence Equity and Ares capital invested $400 million in convertible preferred shares in OUTFRONT Media.  The […]

Pioneer Outdoor Sells Assets to Lamar Advertising

Pioneer Outdoor announced yesterday that they divested their assets, including 140 out-of-home advertising displays, to Lamar Advertising. The transaction, which included 38 digital bulletin panels and more than 100 static panels stretching from Springfield north to Kansas City and east to St. Louis. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The […]

Sean Reilly: Tailwinds are as strong as I’ve ever seen.

“Tailwinds are as strong as I’ve ever seen” was how Sean Reilly opened Lamar Advertising’s 4Q 21 earnings release and conference call.  Here are the highlights. Revenues increased by 15% to $495 million.  Reilly projects first quarter 2o22 revenue growth to be in the mid-teens and full year 2022 revenue […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Up 37% in 4Q 2021

The Scott Wells era at Clear Channel Outdoor got off to a good start.  Here are the highlights of the earnings release, earnings presentation and conference call. Revenue grew 37% to $743 million.  US revenues were up 44%.  European revenues were up 30%.  Other revenues up 44%.  Here’s a breakout […]

Lamar Advertising Raises Quarterly Dividend

BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.10 per share payable on March 31, 2022 to stockholders of […]