Morgan Stanley Media analyst Ben Swinburne was bullish on out of home on a recent Morgan Stanley Thoughts on the Market podcast. Swinburne’s said this: We have a bullish view of the advertising recovery. Every datapoint on advertising that we’ve been hearing lately has been positive and we remain of […]
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Dusty’s Sells TN, KY and IN billboards to Trailhead.
Dusty’s Outdoor Media has sold over 200 faces in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana to Trailhead Media. Williamson & Associates was instrumental through the negotiations and acted as the exclusive broker on the deal. Dusty’s portfolio now consists of over 320 billboard faces throughout Illinois and Missouri. An additional achievement is having […]
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 […]
Update – Clear Channel Outdoor Announces Pricing of Offering of Senior Notes Due 2028
As a followup to our Tuesday article, Clear Channel, in a press release, announced that it priced its Senior Note offering of $1billion, due 2028, at an interest rate of 7.750%. The issuance and sale of the Notes is expected to be completed on February 17, 2021, subject to customary […]
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 […]