US Out of home advertising stocks lagged the Standard and Poors 500 during the second quarter of 2017. A stock index consisting of Lamar, Outfront and Clear Channel Outdoor declined by 4.2% during the second quarter of 2017 while the Standard and Poors 500 was up 2.7% for the quarter. […]
Finance
Patient Point Receives $140 million in Growth Financing
Insider’s take: Here’s the press release for a Peter J Solomon-advised capital raise by PatientPoint. This is the second out of home investment for Searchlight Capital, which has also invested in Ocean Outdoor U.K., one of Britain’s largest digital billboard companies. The value of this business will depend heavily […]
JCDecaux and América Móvil merge their OOH businesses in Mexico
JCDecaux SA, the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide and América Móvil, the leading wireless provider in Latin America and the third largest in the world in terms of equity subscribers, have announced the entering into a joint venture for the out-of-home (“OOH”) advertising businesses in Mexico by merging each […]
Link Media Buys Vision Outdoor
Link Media has closed on the purchase of Atlanta-based Vision Outdoor. Vision owns 3 billboard structures structures consisting of 4 Formetco digital billboards and 2 static billboards. The digital signs are on I-285 in Atlanta and Highway 41 in Acworth Georgia. Link Media’s parent Boston Omaha priced its IPO at […]
iHeartCommunications, Inc. Announces Extension of Private Offers
June 08, 2017 06:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–iHeartCommunications, Inc. (“iHeartCommunications”) today announced that it is extending the private offers (the “Exchange Offers”) to holders of certain series of iHeartCommunications’ outstanding debt securities (the “Existing Notes”) to exchange the Existing Notes for new securities (the “New Securities”) of […]
Link Media’s Parent Planning IPO
Boston Omaha, the parent company of out of home operator Link Media plans to raise $71.5 million via an IPO. The IPO is expected to price during the week of June 12, 2017. Boston Omaha’s owners Magnolia Capital Fund and Boulderado Partners will buy $47 million of the new […]
Daktronics Profitable in 4Q 2017
Digital billboard manufacturer Daktronics earned a profit of $0.9 million on revenue of $144 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 (3 months ended April 29, 2017) versus a net loss of $2.9 million on revenue of $138 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 Here are highlights […]
Another iHeart Debt Offer Extension
iHeart Media announced yesterday an extension of the date of their private exchange offer from May 26th to June 5th. Insider reported in April of the Companies decision to move the deadline date for their lenders and bondholders to consider its debt-exchange offer to May 26th. Now with that date upon them and only […]
Billboard Condemnation. Fair Market Value for Eminent Domain Takings
By Paul Wright, ASA Have you ever had a sign taken by a government agency? If it happens, don’t worry, it’s not the end of the world. First, keep in mind that the government has the power of Eminent Domain, which means that they can take private property for public […]
Landmark US outdoor purchases slowing.
Landmark Infrastructure’s domestic US outdoor assets purchases are slowing. Here are the highlights from Landmark’s first quarter 2017 financials and the earnings call transcript. Revenue increased 57% to $12.2 million during the first quarter of 2017, due to the impact of acquisitions during the past 12 months. Cashflow increased 56% […]