Finance

SignValue on Daktronics, Inc. Record Fiscal Year

Here are highlights from Daktronics’ 4th quarter and fiscal year 2024 press release. Fiscal Q4 and full year 2024 financial highlights: Sales increased to a new record of $215.9 million for the fiscal fourth quarter, a 2.9 percent increase compared to the fiscal 2024 fourth quarter’s record revenue; full-year sales […]

Three Benefits from the OUTFRONT Canada Sale by SignValue

Yesterday OUTFRONT Media closed the sale of Canadian out of home assets to Bell Media.   Here is an analysis of the OUTFRONT Canada sale sponsored by SignValue. It makes OUTFRONT’s financials easier to understand The sale makes OUTFRONT a domestic US business.  No currency risks and easier to evaluate and […]

OUTFRONT Closes Sale of Canadian Assets to Bell Media

NEW YORK, June 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) and Bell Media Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), announced today that they have closed the sale of OUTFRONT Media’s Canadian business to Bell Media for a purchase price of C$410 million in cash, subject […]

Public OOH Companies are Deleveraging as the Cost of Debt Stabilizes

Here are two tables, prepared by Moorgate Capital Partners, which calculate the weighted average cost of debt and leverage (net debt/adjusted cashflow) for the public out of home companies as of December 2023.  Some observations: The cost of debt has been stable at the public out of home companies, after rising […]

Clear Channel Outdoor May Sell British Assets to Clairvest

Sky News reports that Clear Channel Outdoor is close to selling its British assets to Clairvest.  The British inventory includes 2,000 sites across Greater London.  Sky News quoted an industry source as saying the price would be several hundred million pounds and the pound is currently trading at $1.25 so […]

Is Out of Home a GDP+ Business?

It is fashionable to say that out of home is a GDP-plus business, that is, that the US out of home business is growing faster than the US economy.   This isn’t true if you compare historic US out of home advertising revenues against the change in the Nominal US Gross […]

David Sailer: Clear Channel Outdoor is a GDP Plus Business

Here’s a selection of Clear Channel CFO David Sailer’s comments at the TD Cowen Tech, Media and Telecom Conference yesterday. Problems in San Francisco I mean everyone was watching the news.  It wasn’t good and our shelter business is in the city center and that really hurt us.  It was […]

Jeremy Male: It comes down to one word – Audience

Here’s a selection of OUTFRONT CEO Jeremy Male’s comments at this week’s 52nd annual  JP Morgan 2024 Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference. Why has OOH been able to maintain ad share It comes down to one word – audience…More and more activities activities are outside of the home. OUTFRONT […]

David Sailer: Selling a US Asset is Probably Not the Best Course of Action

Here are the highlights of Clear Channel CFO David Sailer’s comments at this week’s 52nd annual  JP Morgan 2024 Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference. Clear Channel Outdoor adding account executives Coming out of COVID we were obviously you know very tough on expenses you know revenue was down and […]

Sean Reilly: Mainstreet is Healthy

Here are a selection of Lamar CEO Sean Reilly’s comments at yesterday’s 52nd annual  JP Morgan 2024 Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference. Mainstreet is healthy. Mainstreet is healthy.  That’s the take home message.  Last year I was only getting questions about how Lamar does in a recession.  All those […]