Finance

Steve Haggard Talks Out of Home Lending

Today Billboard Insider begins a series on out of home lenders with a profile of Alerus Financial. Out of Home Lender: Alerus Financial Loan Amounts:  $1 million and up. Last week Billboard Insider talked with Alerus Financial Executive Steve Haggard about trends in the out of home lending market.  Haggard […]

Debt Costs and Leverage Stable at Public OOH Companies

Here are two tables, prepared by Moorgate Capital Partners, which calculate the weighted average cost of debt and leverage (net debt/adjusted cashflow) for the public out of home companies as of December 2023.  Some observations: No surprise that the cost of debt goes up as leverage goes up.  Clear Channel […]

Moorgate Securities Advises Out of Home Media LLC on Sale to Hello Media

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Out of Home Media, LLC (“OOHM” or the “Company”), the 2nd largest out-of-home advertising operator in Puerto Rico, announced that the Company has been acquired by Hello Media, LLC (“Hello Media”). OOHM’s operations included 94 advertising displays, including 70 digital displays, predominantly located in the […]

SignValue’s Clear Channel Outdoor at a Glance – December 2023

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Clear Channel Outdoor’s 4th Quarter 2023 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 […]

SignValue’s OUTFRONT Media at a Glance – Q4 Overview

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of OUTFRONT Media’s 4th Quarter 2023 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 […]

SignValue’s Lamar Advertising at a Glance – 2023 Q4 Overview

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Lamar Advertising’s 4th quarter 2023 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 […]

5 Things About Link Media

Here are five things about Link Media Outdoor which Billboard Insider learned from reading the 2023 10k of Boston-Omaha. Scale, Scale, Scale Link Media is a textbook case of taking advantage of scale economies.  Revenues have grown faster than expenses in every year of the company’s life.  Key expense items […]

OUTFRONT and Lamar Outpace Market in 1Q 2024

OUTFRONT and Lamar Advertising outpaced the market during the first quarter of 2024.  OUTFRONT was up 20% for the first quarter on news that revenues are finally rebounding from covid and low to mid single digit revenue guidance for 2024.  Lamar Advertising rose 12% versus a 10% rise in the […]

Link Media Outdoor revenues increase 6% in 4Q 2023

Link Media continues to grow although at a slower pace.  Here are the Link Media financials extracted from the Boston Omaha 2023 10k. Revenues increased by 6% to $10.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2023 due to increases in occupancy and rate.  Here are Link Media’s quarterly billboard revenues […]

5 Things About Lamar

Here are five things about Lamar Advertising Billboard Insider learned from reading  Lamar Advertising’s 2023 10-k. Billboards, Billboards, Billboards Lamar is all about roadside billboards.  Roadside billboards have averaged 88-89% of Lamar’s total revenue for the past 10 years.  The company’s highway sign logo business has accounted for 4-6% of […]