SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Lamar Advertising’s 2nd quarter 2024 financials. If you have questions contact Paul Wright, CEO, SignValue, paul@signvalue.com, 480-657-8400. To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in the title. Our newsletter is free and […]
TEMPE, AZ (Aug. 19, 2024) Verde Outdoor Media (VOM), a leading outdoor and online advertising company, announced today the acquisition of Great Outdoor Advertising (GOA), an independent out-of-home operator in the Northeast. This strategic expansion increases VOM’s portfolio to over 1,600 billboard faces across 10 states, further strengthening its network […]
A midwest out of home executive reminds Billboard Insider that there are opportunities in the current M&A market. I read your article about M&A and I think it has slowed down, but I have looked at a few deals this year and because the bigger guys aren’t as active, and […]
Anybody else noticed how quiet the OOH M&A market is? Billboard Insider has noticed a slowdown in new tombstones and purchase announcements. The slowdown has two causes. High interest rates. The prime rate has almost tripled since 2020 from 3.25% in March 2020 to 8.5% today. Look what the […]
Boston Omaha released 2Q 2024 financials yesterday. Here are the financial results for Link Media Outdoor, Boston Omaha’s wholly owned out of home advertising subsidiary, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenue increased 5.5% to $11.3 million for 2Q 2024 (3 months ended June 30, 2024) due to an improvement in […]
You need to keep track of inflation when you are negotiate ad contract renewals and out of home leases. Inflation is averaging 3.25% per year for the first 6 months of 2024. If you are not getting annual ad contract rate increases of at least 3% your margins will start […]
Lamar’s CEO Sean Reilly summarized the second quarter as follows: “The trends that we observed in Q1 held in Q2 strong demand from local and regional advertisers more than offset softness in some national customers allowing us to deliver solid consolidated revenue growth.” Here are the results of Lamar’s 2Q […]
“Our performance reflects healthy demand from advertisers across a majority of our markets, with notable strength in our airports and Europe-North segments,” was how CEO Scott Wells summarized Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2Q 2024 financials. Here is an analysis of the Clear Channel Outdoor 2Q earning release, 2Q 2024 earnings presentation […]
Here is an analysis of OUTFRONT 2Q 2024 earning release, OUTFRONT 2Q 24 earnings presentation and conference call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. The analysis focuses on the company’s US results because on June 7, 2024 OUTFRONT sold its Canadian operations for approximately $297 million US which makes consolidated figures […]
Many first-time commercial borrowers are shocked by the number and complexity of loan documents to get a “simple” business loan. As a retired banker, I can assure you it is no picnic for lenders either. Almost everyclause in every document has been added due to something that has gone poorly […]
