Finance

Fulcrum Capital Invests in Creative Outdoor Advertising

Canadian’s love out of home.  Yesterday British Columbia Investment Management Corp partnered with Searchlight Capital to invest in Adams Outdoor.  Earlier this month the Canadian Equity Fund Fulcrum Capital Partners invested in street furniture company Creative Outdoor Advertising. Fulcrum Capital Partners Principal James Morrison tells Billboard Insider: “We were impressed […]

Lamar Increases Dividend 33% to $1.00

Lamar announced a 33% dividend increase to $1.00 per share payable on September 30, 2021. Billboard Insider’s Take:  Yet another signal that Lamar has put Covid in the rear view mirror.  Lamar’s dividend is back to pre-Covid levels.  The payout equates to a 3.5% yield on the company’s common stock […]

US Public OOH Companies Grow Faster Than Economy in 2Q 21

Here’s a comparison of the performance of the public out of home companies versus the US nominal GDP. Quarterly Change in US Public Company out of home revenues versus US Gross Domestic Product Some observations: Link Media and Lamar had the slightest revenue declines and fastest recovery from covid due […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Americas At a Glance

Here’s an overview of Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2Q 2021 performance prepared by Paul Wright and Carson Frost at SignValue. SignValue offers billboard valuation and advisory services nationwide.  You can contact SignValue at 480-657-8400 or info@signvalue.com. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Lamar and Outfront Were Quarter Two Standouts

Always nice to understand what the wider marketplace thinks about the Out of Home sector.  Below is a segment of a report from Hoya Capital Real Estate, a research-focused Registered Investment Advisor that advises ETFs and individual accounts by managing portfolios of publicly-traded commercial and residential real estate companies. They […]

The Big 3 Are Investing Again

Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel have accellerated investment plans after tightening the belt during Covid.  OUTFRONT’s Matt Siegel said this about capital spending on last Friday’s earning call: We added 47 new digital boards this quarter and 77 year to date…You’ll probably see an increased pace of capex in the […]

Lamar Revenue Up 28% During 2nd Quarter 21

Lamar’s revenue grew 28% during the second quarter of 2021.  Here are the results from the Lamar’s 2Q 21 earnings release together with a selection of Sean Reilly’s comments during the conference call. Revenues grew 28% to $445 million.  Lamar CEO Sean Reilly expects Lamar’s total 2021 billboard revenue to […]

Outfront Revenues Up 53% in 2Q 21

Outfront organic revenues grew 53% in the second quarter of 2021.  Here are the results from the OUTFRONT 2Q 21 earning release, Outfront 2Q 21 earnings deck and conference call. Revenue grew by 53% to $341 million in the second quarter of 2021. Local revenues increased 51%.  More encouragingly national […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Up 68% in 2Q 21

Clear Channel announced better than expected financials yesterday.  Here’s a summary from the CCO 2Q 21 earnings release, earnings deck and conference call. Revenue increased by 69% to $531 million during the second quarter of 2021.  Americas revenue grew 36% during the second quarter of 2021, due to digital billboard growth.  […]