“We delivered solid results in the third quarter” was how Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly lead off the company’s earnings release. Here are the results of the company’s third quarter earnings release and conference call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenues increased 3.8% to $585 million due to acquisitions and […]
Almost two-thirds of Billboard Insider readers have used bank debt to grow their out of home companies. Here are the results of our readers poll concerning what forms of debt financing people have used to grow their out of home companies: Insiders Take: We are surprised at how many companies […]
There are four sources of out of home debt financing. You can: Sell your receivables (e.g. factoring) Lease your structures or digital billboards from a finance company (e.g. YESCO Financial Solutions or Formetco Replace your Face). Borrow from a private lender (e.g. Billboard Loans, Stark Capital, Verde Outdoor Capital) Borrow […]
One in 16 Billboard Insider readers have used money from an equity fund to grow their out of home company. Today we interview Jim Matalone, the owner of Mad Dog Consulting about the pros and cons of using equity fund money to grow an out of home company. You used […]
By Dave Westburg, Ken Altena and Jim Penney, Partners, Billboard Loans, LLC. One-eighth of Billboards Insider’s readers have used accredited investors to fund their out of home company. We have used accredited investors to form four separate out of home debt funds as well as an independent out of home […]
Earlier this week Billboard Insider talked about funding your out of home company with your own funds. Today we talk about funding your out of home company with money from friends and family. One-fourth of Billboard Insider’s readers have used equity from friends and family to fund their OOH company. […]
There are three sources of equity for your out of home company: you; friends and family; accredited investors, and equity funds. We’ll talk about each alternative in turn. Today we talk about funding a out of home company yourself. You You need to be willing to invest in your out […]
A Billboard Insider reader asks when an out of home joint venture might make sense and how out of home joint ventures are structured. What is a out of home advertising joint venture An out of home advertising joint venture is when two partices agree to jointly operate an out […]
Clear Channel Outdoor stock is up 46% in the last week on news that Mabudala Capital is in takeover talks. Mabudala is the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. The company is a global asset management platform with 430 billion in assets under management. It has a team of […]
We reported in September, that an activist investor, Anson Holdings, was pushing for a sale of Clear Channel. Yesterday Clear Channel stock surged 32% before trading was halted due to a circuit breaker, following a Bloomberg report that Mubadala Capital is exploring an acquisition of the billboard operator. Trading did […]
