This is old news for some of you but Insider visited the Independent Outdoor company website this week while updating the 2018 Out of Home Advertising website rankings and this is what he found. Lamar purchased Independent Outdoor’s plant several months ago. Lamar keeps a very low profile on acquisitions […]
Finance
Drachman on out of home values
Max Drachman is an out of home broker at Kalil and Co. Drachman has this update on the out of home M&A market. Max, it looks like you had a busy 2017. Can you bring us up to speed on any closings you facilitated towards the end of the year? […]
Lamar outperforms market in 4Q 2017
Lamar outperformed the S&P 500 during the fourth quarter of 2017. Clear Channel Outdoor and Outfront underperformed the S&P 500 during the fourth quarter of 2017. Here are the actual numbers. Lamar up 8.74% during the fourth quarter of 2017. S&P 500 up 5.71% during the fourth quarter of 2017. Clear […]
PJ Solomon on the tax bill and out of home
Mark Boidman, Christian Bermel and Brandon Yoshimura of PJ Solomon have prepared a concise 1 page overview of the impact of the tax bill on the Out of Home industry. Good news. Disclaimer This presentation has been prepared solely for informational and illustrative purposes and is not to be […]
Branded Cities Lands Shamrock Capital Investment
New York – Branded Cities (“BC”), a digital and spectacular Out-Of-Home (“OOH”) media company, announced today a large minority investment from Shamrock Capital (“Shamrock”), a Los Angeles based media, entertainment and communication focused investment firm. Shamrock partners, Steve Royer and Andy Howard, will join the BC board. Formed in 1998 […]
Lenders Want Nearly All Of iHeart & CCO, Plus A Chapter 11 Option
A late report yesterday shed some detail on what the major lender’s are requesting from iHeart Media in their debt restructuring negotiations. Insider has expected the debt holders would be aggressive and would pursue a significant equity position in both iHeart and Clear Channel Outdoor. Here is what the lender […]
Daktronics Revenue Flat, Profits Down
Daktronics reported flat sales and slightly lower net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2018. Here are the results of the earnings release and the Seeking Alpha earnings call transcript. Revenues were flat at $170 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 (three months ended October 28, 2017). […]
Link Media 3rd Quarter Revenues Grow 51%
Boston Omaha Corporation, the parent company of Link Media Outdoor, announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017 in connection with filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 10-Q can be found at www.bostonomaha.com. Here are the highlights. Revenue increased […]
How to Budget Maintenance Expenses
Insider has long wondered how to forecast maintenance capexp for a billboard company. Maintenance capexp averages 2.1% of revenue at Lamar and Outfront as you can see from the following chart. Clear Channel Outdoor Americas didn’t break out maintenance capexp. $$$ in Millions Insider asked two of the smartest minds […]
iHeart Media Shares Drop 50%
Insider’s last update on iHeart Media debt problems detailed iHeart’s proposal to give junior bondholders and private-equity owners, Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners, more than 50% of iHeartMedia equity and 30% of what it owns of Clear Channel, with the rest going to senior bondholders and term loan […]