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4 Things About OUTFRONT

Here are 4 things about OUTFRONT that SignValue learned by reading OUTFRONT’s 2025 10k. Fewer boards OUTFRONT’S total displays declined by 1% from 558,569 on 2024 to 552,877 in 2025 due to the loss of the company’s MTA and LA billboard contracts. Fewer People OUTFRONT’S headcount declined by 8% from […]

Lamar Priorities: Digital Conversions, Aquisitions and Easements

Here’s a summary of Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly’s comments at this week’s Morgan Stanley 2026 Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Lamar is finishing a multi-year, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP project So we had what IT people call technical debt, right, 20-, 30-year-old legacy systems […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue up 8% in 4Q 2025

Here are the results of the Clear Channel Outdoor 4Q 2025 earnings release, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue  The company did not have an earnings call due to the pending take private transaction with Mubadala partners. Consolidated revenue increased by 8% to 462 million.  America revenue was up 6.1% due […]

OUTFRONT Revenue Up in 4Q 2025

Here are the results of the OUTFRONT 4Q 2025 earnings release, earnings deck and conference call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Consolidated revenue increased 4.1% to 513 million during Q4 2025. Billboard revenue increased 0.5% to $377 million.  The small increase was due to the loss of the low margin […]

4 Things About Lamar

Here are four things about Lamar which SignValue discovered after reading Lamar Advertising’s 125 page 2025 10k. Digital Leads the way. Lamar’s digital revenues and logo revenues increased 7% in 2025 although digital revenues made a much larger contribution to Lamar’s total revenue gain.  Static billboard revenues grew 1% and […]

Lamar Revenue Up 2.8% in 4Q 2026

“We ended 2025 with encouraging sales momentum,” was how Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly lead off the company’s 4Q 2025 earnings call.  Here are the results of Lamar Advertising’s 4th quarter 2025 earnings releaase and earnings call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Net revenues increased by 2.8% to $596 million. […]

Next steps for Clear Channel Outdoor shareholders?

Earlier this week Clear Channel Outdoor agreed to sell to Mubadala Capital/TWG for $6.2 billion.  A Billboard Insider reader asks: “I’m curious what the next step would be for Clear Channel Outdoor stock holders?” Here’s what we know after reviewing the Form 14A Clear Channel Outdoor filed on the sale. […]

Analyzing the Clear Channel Outdoor Sale

Yesterday, Clear Channel Outdoor announced a sale to Mubadala Capital/TWG for $6.2 billion.  Here’s an analysis of the sale, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. A 12.8 times adjusted cashflow purchase multiple The transaction gives Clear Channel Outdoor an enterprise value of $6.2 billion.  That works out to 12.76 times Clear […]

Seeing the Economy Clearly: Christopher Thornberg Takes the IBO Stage

  Sponsored by Drachman M&A Co. Understanding where the economy is headed isn’t an academic exercise for independent billboard operators. It’s a business necessity. Advertiser confidence. Media budgets. Real estate values. Infrastructure investment. Traffic demand. The economic backdrop shapes the decisions you make and the risks you take every day. […]

Thinking About Selling Your Billboard Assets? Read This Before Taking a Direct Offer

By Marty Williamson President and CEO at Williamson and Associates Mergers & Acquisitions Over the past several months, something interesting has been happening in the OOH industry. More and more billboard companies are reaching out directly to independent operators—sometimes by phone, sometimes by email, and increasingly through regular mail —asking […]