Finance

Good News and Bad News in Out of Home Revenues

There was good news and bad new in this week’s OAAA 3Q 2018 OOH revenue release. Good News 34 consecutive quarters of US OOH revenue growth. 3Q 2018 US OOH revenue growth is well above  2.5% average quarterly US OOH revenue growth for the past two years. Bad News US […]

iHeartMedia Announces Overwhelming Creditor Support for Plan of Reorganization

SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–iHeartMedia, Inc. (PINK: IHRTQ) (“iHeartMedia”) today announced voting results for the Company’s Fifth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). Voting results indicate that every class of creditors entitled to vote has voted to approve the Plan. More than 90% of the votes cast by creditors […]

Paul Wright on Billboard Cashflow

Last Friday Insider posted on Billboard Cashflow and how it differs from EBIDTA.  Valuation Expert Paul Wright of Signvalue points out the limits of using Billboard Cashflow for valuation with these comments on last friday’s post: This is a great discussion of the term Billboard Cash Flow and why most banks […]

Billboard Cashflow

Out of home company sales occur at a multiple of Billboard Cashflow.  Reader Leonard Busby of Busby Outdoor asked Insider to define Billboard Cashflow and explain how it differs from Cashflow (EBIDTA) Billboard Cashflow is out of home company Revenue (space rental plus install/production income) less certain direct expenses: lease […]

Daktronics sales and net profit up in 2Q fiscal 2019.

Digital billboard maker Daktronics reported increased revenues and profits in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 (3 mos ended October 27, 2018).  Here are the results of the earnings release and earnings call transcript. Revenues increased 2.4% to $173 million during 2Q fiscal 2019 (3 months ended October 27, 2018).  […]

Unpacking Link Media Acquisitions

Insider has 3 thoughts after reviewing the details of Link Media Outdoor’s Waitt and Key Outdoor acquisitions.  Kalil and Co was the broker on both transactions.  You can find the transaction details in the Boston Omaha September 2018 10Q. Link Media Acquisitions of Waitt and Key (000’s) Now’s a good […]

Reilly: Lamar has $1 billion in dry powder for acquisitions

Sean Reilly was cogent as usual at last week’s Wells Fargo media conference.  Here’s a selection of his comments. On the future We’re positioned very well.  It starts with audience.  People are spending more time stuck in traffic…commute times are getting longer…I don’t see that changing any time soon…A little […]

Link Media Grows Via Acquisitions

Boston Omaha, the parent company of Link Media reported financials for the 3 months ended September 2018.  Here’s a summary of financial performance for Link Media Outdoor for the 3 months ended 2018. 000’s Link Media spent $136 million on acquisitions during the third quarter of 2018, including Waitt Outdoor […]

Sean Reilly on Digital Billboards and M&A

Three interesting comments by Lamar CEO Sean Reilly during last week’s third quarter earnings call. On digital sign revenues. Digital continues to be a great story for the company. Our same-board digital performance continues to shine, up 7.2% in Q3. By the end of Q3, we had added an additional […]

Lamar revenues and cashflow up 5% in 3Q 2018

Lamar revenues and cashflow grew 5% each during the third quarter of 2018.  Here are the results of the 3Q 2018 earnings release and earnings call transcript. Revenue increased 5% to $419 million.  Acquisition adjusted revenue increased by 3.1%.  Reilly was upbeat that growth will continue into the fourth quarter:” […]