Finance

Brian Kennedy Buys 100% of Shares of Regency Outdoor

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Brian Kennedy, Founder and long-time CEO of Regency Outdoor Advertising Inc. (“Regency”), has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Regency and all of its assets including hundreds of billboards in key locations throughout Southern California, and numerous strategic properties and buildings. Kennedy […]

New Tradition Acquires 87 Regency Faces in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10, 2021 – New Tradition, a leading Out-of-Home media company, announced today the acquisition of 87 advertising faces from Regency Outdoor Advertising’s portfolio of 411 locations. This transaction represents New Tradition’s largest acquisition to date, joining the company’s already strong portfolio in the Los Angeles area which includes […]

Beau Burkett Sells Four San Antonio Digital Faces to OUTFRONT

Last week Burkett Media sold four digital faces in San Antonio to OUTFRONT.  Max Drachman at Kalil and Co was the broker.  Insider talked with Beau Burkett about the transaction. What did you sell? Two signs (four digital units total) all 14x48s.  I spent over a year working to craft […]

Clear Channel Announces Proposed $1 Billion Private Offering of Senior Notes

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) announced today that it will offer, subject to market and customary conditions, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) in a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities […]

JC Decaux Revenues off 38% in 4Q 2020

JCDecaux announced revenues for 2020.  It wasn’t pretty.  Revenues down 41% for the full years and 38% for the fourth quarter.  This is one company that won’t see a rebound until the later half of next year when covid is brought under control and people start riding transit again.  Here’s […]

More on Towers and Out of Home

By Craig Berry, Stark Capital Solutions Stark Capital focuses in two niche Industries: Billboards and Cell Towers.  Our two cents on the comment: “Towers are selling for 20-30 times tower cash flow, and typically getting over 20 offers per engagement” is a very accurate assessment of the current Tower M&A […]

Why tower companies trade at a higher multiple than out of home companies.

Huntington Outdoor President Justin Powell comments on a recent Billboard Insider article. This caught my attention: “We are selling towers for 20–30 times tower cash flow, and typically get over twenty offers per engagement.” Why aren’t billboards selling for multiples like this? Insider’s take:  Out of home assets typically trade […]

Volta Announces $125 Million Financing

San Francisco, CALIF., January 19, 2021 – Volta, the industry leader in commerce-centric electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, today announced an oversubscribed Series D financing of $125 million. Goldman Sachs acted as exclusive placement agent to the Company in connection with the financing. Volta builds and operates an EV charging network […]

Second Round of PPP Loans Starting This Week

Applications for the next round of PPP loans should start showing up this week.  Since the application portals are initiated by each bank in the program, timing may vary. Most banks will have already set up portals previously, Insider is expecting this should move quickly. Let’s deal with some basic […]