Finance

Who Makes What At Outfront

  Outfront issued its 2020 proxy last week.  Some things to note. Who Makes What Here are the highest paid OUTFRONT executives.  Most of their compensation is stock and incentive pay. An Independent Board The OUTFRONT board is 86% outsiders.  Women account for 29% of board seats versus 25% of […]

Payroll Protection Loans – Round Two and other Reflections

Good news as Congress has approved another $310 billion in new funding to add into the cash depleted Payroll Protection loan program. An additional $174 Billion is included in the coronavirus relief bill to fund primarily SBA disaster assistance loans ($60 billion), grants to hospitals ($75 billion) and coronavirus testing […]

What Lamar did in 2009 and what you should do now.

Sean Reilly tells investor conferences that he’s managed through three recessions at Lamar.   It’s instructive to look at what Lamar did during the last recession for tips on how to weather the covid-19 recession.   From 2007-2009, Lamar’s revenue declined by 12% and cashflow declined by 18%, but the corporate cashflow […]

OUTFRONT Amends Bank Covenant

NEW YORK, April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) today announced that it, along with certain subsidiaries, entered into an amendment to the credit agreement governing its $500.0 million revolving credit facility due November 2024. The revolving credit portion of our senior credit facilities is subject to a […]

Outfront Raises $400 Million in Convertible Preferred Stock

NEW YORK, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) today announced that affiliates of Providence Equity Partners LLC (“Providence”) have agreed to lead the purchase of $400 million in newly issued convertible preferred stock together with funds managed by Ares Management Corporation (“Ares”). “We recognized the value […]

Owner Feedback on Payroll Protection Loan Applications

Insider heard back from three owner/operators after our article last week on the Payroll Protection Program application process. Ken Wingate Wingate Outdoor Advertising I had my PPP loan application completed on Monday of this week and it was funded by Wednesday. I used a local community bank and the loan […]

Three Things About Link Media

Boston Omaha (the parent of Link Media Outdoor) released its 2019 annual letter.  It’s delightful to read an investment document in clear, straightforward jargon-free English.   Contrast this jargon laden non-speak from one of the other public out of home companies “We seek to leverage our leadership position in technology and […]

Covid-19, the economy and US out of home revenues

  Goldman Sachs has a great powerpoint on Coronavirus and the US economy.  Some of the highlights. The coronavirus will reduce US real GDP on an annualized basis by about 35% for the second quarter of 2020.  US GDP will bounce back with annualized growth of about 15% in the […]