Finance

John Murrow on having an equity fund for a partner

On this week’s Bell Board Podcast Trailhead Media CEO John Murrow talks about the pros and cons of having an equity fund as a business partner.  Trailhead Media is backed by Viking Global Investors. What’s Viking like as a partner? Having Viking is a partner has been really good for […]

US Out of Home stocks paying 4% dividends

Here’s a breakdown of billboard public stock dividend yields, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Lamar Advertising is a public REIT so must distribute 90% of taxable income.  Lamar has a current dividend yield of 4.2%.  Here’s Lamar Advertising’s dividend yield for the past three years. OUTFRONT Media is a public […]

Lamar Revenue up 7% in 2Q 2026

“Our business is in a terrific place” was how Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly began Lamar Advertising’s 2Q 2026 earnings call. Here are the results of Lamar’s 2Q 2026 earnings release and earnings call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenues increased 6.5% to $617 million for the second quarter of […]

OUTFRONT Revenue Up 14% in 2Q 2026

OUTFRONT had an outstanding second quarter of 2026.  Here are the results of the OUTFRONT 2Q 2026 earnings release, earnings presentation and conference call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenue increased by 14% to $523 million.  Billboard revenue grew 8%.  Transit revenue was up 32%. CEO Nick Brien said that […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue up 8.7% in 2Q 2026

Clear Channel Outdoor’s positive momentum continued into the second quarter of 2026.  Here are the results of the company’s 2Q 2026 earnings release and 10Q, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue.  The was no earnings call or financial guidance because the company expects to go private in the next couple of […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Completes Sale of its Business in Spain to Atresmedia

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) (the “Company”) today announced it has completed the sale of its business in Spain to Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. (“Atresmedia”). The purchase price for the transaction was EUR €115M or approximately US$132 million1. Final proceeds […]

JCDecaux Revenue up 5.7% in first half of 2026

Here are the results of the JCDecaux 2Q 2026 earnings release and earnings call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue.  We are reporting JCDecaux financials in US dollar equivalents. Revenue increased 4.6% to $2.2 billion during the first half of 2026 due to digital revenue growth and revenues from the 2026 […]

Yes, This is Spam

Billboard Insider reader Ken Wingate of Wingate Outdoor writes.. I have a situation that has me wondering if it is exclusive to me or if it may be an industry wide scam. I get at least one email a day similar to the attached file. They all have the basic […]

What should out of home bad debts be?

Bad debt expense (e.g. revenue which is never collected) should be minimal at your out of home company because you can require payment within 30 days or you’ll take an ad down.  You can also require customers with weak credit history to personally guarantee the contract or pay in advance. […]

How do You Track Financials?

How do you track financials?  We suspect that many of you, like Billboard Insider, use Quickbooks. It’s the industry standard and integrates with the out of home management software provided by Apparatix, Billboard Planet and SignDash. Aggressive price increases, constant format tinkering and  increased complexity have made Quickbooks less appealing […]