Tag: Clear Channel Outdoor

Activist Pushes for Clear Channel Outdoor Sale

Legion Partners, a 5.1% shareholder in Clear Channel Outdoor, has written a May 16, 2023 letter to the Clear Channel Outdoor board calling for a greater urgency in asset sales.   Some of the highlights of the letter. Clear Channel Outdoor stock has underperformed. The letter points out that Clear Channel […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Americas Revenue Down 1% in 1Q 23

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue grew but cashflow (adjusted EBIDTA) declined during the first quarter of 2023. Here are the results of the Clear Channel Outdoor 1Q 23 earnings release, investor deck and conference call. Consolidated revenue excluding FX grew 7% to $545 million as growth in the company’s European operations […]

What the Public US Out of Home CEO’s are Thinking

Here’s a selection of comments by Lamar CEO Sean Reilly, OUTFRONT CEO Jeremy Male and Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells at the 2023 OAAA Geopath Show CEO panel. Scott Wells says the first quarter is slow but next year looks OK Things slowed down toward the end of last […]

3 Things About Clear Channel Outdoor

Here are three things Billboard Insider learned after reading Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2022 10k. North America is less about bulletins… Bulletins still account for a huge portion of Clear Channel Outdoor’s north american revenue but the figure is declining by 1%/year.  It was 75% in 2020, 74% in 2021 and […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Launches New Educational Campaign

WASHINGTON (April 5, 2023) – There is an urgent need for students to enroll in academic recovery programs this summer, but many parents aren’t aware their children are behind. New research released today by Learning Heroes finds that 9 in 10 K-12 parents nationally believe their child is at or […]

Two Out of Home Stocks Up, One Down in 1Q 2023

Two US out of home stocks were up and one US out of home stock was down in the first quarter of 2023.  Clear Channel Outdoor rose 14% on news of the Switzerland sale.  You’ll notice that Clear Channel Outdoor fluctuated wildly during the 1st quarter.  It has extremely high […]

SignValue’s Clear Channel Outdoor at a Glance

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Clear Channel Outdoor’s 4Q 2022 financials. If you have questions contact Paul Wright, CEO, SignValue, paul@signvalue.com, 480-657-8400.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in the title.  Our newsletter is free and we don’t […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Doubles Down on Downtown Chicago and Beyond

Clear Channel Outdoor Doubles Down on Downtown Chicago and Beyond Reimagining Media Network at 500 W. Madison to Help Businesses Reach & Influence 200,000+ Commuters Daily CHICAGO, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), (NYSE: CCO), the sole media provider for business and community partner messaging via the 500 W. Madison atrium and […]

Out of Home Leverage Declining but Debt Costs Rise

Moorgate Capital Partners has prepared a summary of out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru December 2022.  The cost of out of home debt has risen by 100-200 basis points over the last year due to Federal Reserve interest rate increases.   Lamar has the lowest weighted average […]

Clear Channel’s Switzerland Business Sale Receives Regulatory Approval

SAN ANTONIO, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) today announced that the sale of the Company’s Switzerland business to Goldbach Group, an affiliate of TX Group, has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Competition Commission. The Company now expects the transaction to close […]