Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings CFO Brian Coleman and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas CFO David Sailer appeared at last week’s Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance conference. Some of their comments. A sale of France and Spain is in the works but there are hurdles We have started to get some traction in […]
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Half of Billboard Insider Readers Pass Credit Card Charges on to Advertisers
Yesterday Billboard Insider asked readers if they pass credit card fees on to out of home advertisers who pay with a credit card. 52% of Billboard Insider readers say that they do. 41% of Billboard Insider readers don’t. 7% of Billboard Insider readers don’t take credit cards in payment of […]
Do You Pass on Credit Card Fees to Clients?
Most out of home companies take payment by credit card. It’s convenient for clients and provides the out of home company immediate access to cash. But credit cards are expensive. Fees average 1.5-3.5% of the transaction amount. At last week’s IBO show West Virginia Outdoor CEO Bill Lodzinski mentioned that […]
Most Billboard Insider Readers Want ROI in Excess of 20%
Yesterday we asked Billboard Insider readers what their return on investment (ROI) hurdle rate is for new capital projects. Billboard Insider readers want a minimum ROI on out of home capital projects of at least 15%. One third of Billboard Insider’s readers seek a ROI of 15-20% on new capital […]
What’s Your OOH Company Target ROI?
A reader asks: I was working with my Controller recently on some financial planning and forecasting and the question came up on what a target ROI should be on a billboard. The ROI or return on investment or hurdle rate is the minimum return you want to see from capital […]
Clear Channel Stock Up, Lamar and OUTFRONT Down in 3Q 23
Clear Channel Stock increased 14% during the third quarter of 2023 versus a 1.5% decline for the S&P 500. An investor group which includes Artie Moreno, SunChase (e.g William Pope) and Verde (think Ernie Garcia) bought more shares of Clear Channel Outdoor during the quarter. At 9/28/23 their investment […]
Daktronics CFO Sheila Anderson on Daktronics Bright Future
For a Billboard Insider reader, the turnaround seemed to start with the news of a delayed earnings release back in early December 2022. For Daktronics though, their efforts had started much earlier than that, as they focused on shoring up supply chain issues, a large order backload and short term […]
Scott Wells on What’s Up and What’s Down at Clear Channel Outdoor
Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells and CFO Brian Coleman appeared last week at the Cit 2023 Technology Conference. Here are the highlights. Wells says European asset sales won’t reduce leverage We would love for these to be deleveraging transactions but when you have a debt multiple like we do […]
Jeremy Male’s Plan: Grow Transit, Cut Expenses, Convert Digitals, Fewer Acquisitions
Grow transit, cut expenses, convert digitals, fewer acquisitions. That’s OUTFRONT’s plan for the next year based on CEO Jeremy Male’s comments at the Citi 2023 Global Tech Conference last week. Here are some highlights. Goals for the year ahead Getting the top line moving again next year…particularly within our transit […]
Third Quarter 2023 Out of Home Dividends
Yesterday Lamar advertising declared a $1.25 quarterly dividend on Class A and B common shares. This equates to a return of 5.46% per annum return on Lamar’s stock price of $91.58. Outfront declared a $0.30 quarterly dividend which equates to a 10.1% return on stock on a stock price of […]