“Very strong financial results in the fourth quarter were driven by great execution and our digital investments…” was how Outfront’s CEO Jeremy Male summarized fourth quarter 2018 financials. Here are the highlights from the earnings release and conference call. Revenues increased by 12% to $452 million in the fourth quarter […]
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Two New Billboard Transactions
Two new billboard transactions to report. Tyler Outdoor Advertising has acquired certain out of home assets in Oklahoma City from Lindmark Outdoor Media. Vital Outdoor Advertising has divested certain Oklahoma Out of Home assets to Whistler Outdoor Advertising, Inc. The seller, Vital Outdoor is an Oklahoma-based company headed by Shannon […]
Daktronics Revenue down 12% in 3Q FY 2019
Digital billboard manufacturer Daktronics reported a small net loss for for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 (3 months ended January 26, 2019) although the third quarter is typically weak due to the seasonality of the company’s sports business and a decrease in production days due to the holidays. Here […]
Lamar revenue up 7% in 4Q 2018
“I’m very pleased with the way we closed out 2018. Q4 organic growth was 5.6% – a number we haven’t seen in some time.” was how Sean Reilly summarized Lamar’s 4Q financials. Here are the results from the fourth quarter 2018 earnings release and conference call. Revenues grew 7% to […]
Three Things Out of Home Borrowers Forget
On last week’s Billboard Insider podcast Insider had this exchange with John Weller, co-publisher of Billboard Insider and a partner in Billboard Loans, LLC. What’s one thing borrowers don’t think about that they should? Let me give a couple of basics…Keep good records. If you want to deal with the […]
John Weller on the Out of Home Debt Markets
Today marks the debut of the Billboard Insider podcast. Our first guest is John Weller, co-publisher of Billboard Insider and a co-owner of Billboard Loans, LLC, an out of home lending fund. John talks about out of home lending, what he thinks of the leverage of Lamar, Outfront and Clear Channel […]
Clear Channel Announces Private Offering of Subordinated Debt
It has been a busy week for Clear Channel Outdoor. Insider ran a story yesterday on the announcement of their new board appointees, who will step in after iHeart Media clears bankruptcy and the two companies separate. The Company also announced a proposed private offering of Senior Subordinated Debt. The press […]
Dusty’s Buys BKP Displays
Dusty’s Outdoor Media, LLC of Effingham, Illinois announced the acquisition of BKP Displays of Energy, Illinois. BKP had 24 faces. The purchase represents the 6th acquisition for Dusty’s since inception. With more than 450 billboard faces across 4 states (Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana), Dusty’s is one of the largest billboard […]
Fairway Rumors
Here’s what Insider hears about the sale of the remaining Fairway assets. Reagan Outdoor is leading bidder for Fairway Tennessee, Indianapolis and Minnesota. Link Media Outdoor is in the lead for the Fairway Texas assets. Each of the pieces of the transaction is probably big enough that […]
Lamar Advertising Raises $250 million of 5.75% senior notes.
BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 23, 2019 – Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR) announced today that it is seeking to raise approximately $250 million through an institutional private placement of additional 5 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) by its wholly owned subsidiary, Lamar Media Corp (“Lamar Media”). The Notes are being […]