Finance

Lamar Revenue up 4.5% in 2Q 2023

Lamar announced solid results for the second quarter but lowered full year revenue growth guidance from 4% to 2-2.5% due to weakening revenues. Here are the results of the 2Q 2023 Lamar earnings release and 2Q 2023 Lamar earnings conference call. Revenues increased 4.5% in the second quarter of 2023.  […]

OUTFRONT Revenues up 4% in 2Q 2023

OUTFRONT, like Lamar, revised down revenue guidance on yesterday’s conference call.  Here are the results of the OUTFRONT 2Q 2023 earnings release, 2Q 2023 earnings deck and conference call. Revenue increased by 4% to $468 million during the second quarter of 2023.  The company’s US media billboard yield increased by […]

Forbes Catches Up to Moreno et al.

Forbes has caught up to a story Billboard Insider broke on July 28 about Artie Moreno and Ernie Garcia II buying into Clear Channel Outdoor.  See Two of Arizona’s Richest Businessmen Team up on Billboard Bet.  Our favorite quote from the article: “We believe the group’s position in Clear Channel […]

JCDecaux Reports Half Year 2023 Results

Selected financial information for JCDecaux from their press release. Paris, July 27th, 2023 – JCDecaux SE (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced today its 2023 half-year financial results. Commenting on the 2023 first half-year results, Jean-François Decaux, Chairman of the Executive Board and Co-CEO of JCDecaux, said: […]

Look Who Bought Clear Channel Outdoor Stock…

Artie Moreno and various parties associated with Verde Investments have combined to purchase a total of 35 million shares in Clear Channel Outdoor.  Here’s the group… Looks to Billboard Insider like this makes Moreno, Verde et. al. the 4th largest shareholder in Clear Channel Outdoor.  Here’s our estimate… Billboard Insider’s […]

Chris Stark On Easements

 I agree with the conclusions in Billboard Insider’s July 25, 2023 article on billboard easements.  Just a couple additional observations…. We often get asked by sellers who own their land if they are better off reserving an easement and selling the board with a land lease to retain some passive […]

Paul Wright says having a perpetual easement is better than having a lease.

Yesterday Billboard Insider described how easements increase the value of a billboard structure.  Out of home appraisal and valuation expert Paul Wright agrees… Happy to weigh in on the value of easements in a billboard transaction. As you mentioned, the lack of a lease expense, which is often a billboard […]

What difference does a billboard easement make to a billboard’s value?

In EBIDTA and Billboard Cashflow and Why You Need to Know the Difference, Billboard Insider commented that out of home companies trade at 8-12 times billboard cashflow (e.g. revenue less lease costs, electricity, property taxes and a sales commission of 5-10%). A Billboard Insider reader writes, “I find your article […]

EBIDTA and Billboard Cashflow and Why You Need to Know the Difference

You’ve probably heard out of home investors, brokers and lenders talk about EBITDA and Billboard cashflow.  It’s important to know the difference. Out of home EBITDA Out of home cashflow or EBITDA is earnings before interest, depreciation, amortization and income taxes.   It’s how much cash your company generates each year […]

Billboard Insider Readers have company cashflow margins in excess of 40%

Billboard Insider readers are an efficient bunch to judge from our poll on out of home EBIDTA cashflow margins.  Yesterday we asked readers what their company cashflow margin was.   Most of our readers work at companies with a cashflow margin (EBITDA/Revenues) in excess of 40%.  Billboard Insider suspects this is […]