Finance

Alerus Not Making New Out of Home Loans

Alerus Financial (formerly Metro Phoenix Bank) is no longer making new out of home advertising loans.   Alerus was trying to sell the $55 million loan portfolio but Billboard Insider hears that is is no longer seeking offers and is content to let the portfolio run off. What does this […]

The Pros and Cons of Bank Financing for Your Out of Home Company

This is the third column in our series on out of home debt.  We’ve previously talked about factoring and out of home lease financing.  Today we’ll discuss the pros and cons of using a bank to finance your out of home company.  Bank financing is the most common form of […]

SignValue’s Link Media at a Glance – September 2025

SignValue has prepared the following Q3 2025 financial overview for Link Media Outdoor.   If you have questions, contact one of SignValue’s experienced analysts for a free and confidential consultation at info@signvalue.com or call 480-657-8400.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word […]

SignValue’s OUTFRONT at a Glance

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of OUTFRONT’s  3Q 2025 financials.     If you have questions, contact one of SignValue’s experienced analysts for a free and confidential consultation at info@signvalue.com or call 480-657-8400.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word […]

Matt Siegel on Increasing OUTFRONT’s Margins

Here are excerpts from Outfront CFO Matt Siegel’s comments at last week’s B of A leveraged finance conference sponsored and analyzed by Signvalue. Siegel would eventually like to renegotiate the MTA contract We think we can make a good case for renegotiating something mutually beneficial… We like the franchise.  We […]

Lamar Buys KS Billboards

December 3, 2025 KS Billboards announces the divestiture of its out-of-home assets in Wichita, Kansas to Lamar Advertising Company. KS Billboards is a Kansas-based company headed by Kacie Edwards. Lamar, based in Louisiana, is a leading operator of billboard, interstate logo, transit and airport advertising displays in the United States […]

Tony Hull Explains Billboard Lease Financing

There are four forms of debt financing available to out of home companies: factoring; lease financing; private lending and bank financing.  We have previously explained why factoring isn’t used much by out of home advertising companies. Today we talk with Tony Hull of YESCO Financial Solutions about billboard lease financing. […]

SignValue’s Clear Channel Outdoor at a glance – September 2025

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Clear Channel Outdoor’s  3Q 2025 financials.   If you have questions, contact one of SignValue’s experienced analysts for a free and confidential consultation at info@signvalue.com or call 480-657-8400. To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word […]

SignValue’s Lamar at a Glance – September 2025

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Lamar Advertising’s  3Q 2025 financials.     If you have questions, contact one of SignValue’s experienced analysts for a free and confidential consultation at info@signvalue.com or call 480-657-8400.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the […]