Finance

Link Media Revenues Up 10% in 2Q 2023

Boston Omaha reported financials for the second quarter of 2023.  Here are the results for Link Media Outdoor, the company’s out of home subsidiary. Revenues increased 10% to $10.8 million due to improved rental and occupancy rates and the $14 million acquisition of Elevation Outdoor’s 256 faces in November 2022. […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Down 1% in Second Quarter 2023

Airports recovering.  Billboards and northern Europe ho-hum.  Southern Europe underperforming and on the way out.  That’s how you can summarize the results of Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2Q 2023 earnings release, 2Q 2023 investor deck and conference call. Consolidated revenue declined by 1% to $637 million due to reductions in the […]

Lamar Revenue up 4.5% in 2Q 2023

Lamar announced solid results for the second quarter but lowered full year revenue growth guidance from 4% to 2-2.5% due to weakening revenues. Here are the results of the 2Q 2023 Lamar earnings release and 2Q 2023 Lamar earnings conference call. Revenues increased 4.5% in the second quarter of 2023.  […]

OUTFRONT Revenues up 4% in 2Q 2023

OUTFRONT, like Lamar, revised down revenue guidance on yesterday’s conference call.  Here are the results of the OUTFRONT 2Q 2023 earnings release, 2Q 2023 earnings deck and conference call. Revenue increased by 4% to $468 million during the second quarter of 2023.  The company’s US media billboard yield increased by […]

Forbes Catches Up to Moreno et al.

Forbes has caught up to a story Billboard Insider broke on July 28 about Artie Moreno and Ernie Garcia II buying into Clear Channel Outdoor.  See Two of Arizona’s Richest Businessmen Team up on Billboard Bet.  Our favorite quote from the article: “We believe the group’s position in Clear Channel […]

JCDecaux Reports Half Year 2023 Results

Selected financial information for JCDecaux from their press release. Paris, July 27th, 2023 – JCDecaux SE (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced today its 2023 half-year financial results. Commenting on the 2023 first half-year results, Jean-François Decaux, Chairman of the Executive Board and Co-CEO of JCDecaux, said: […]

Look Who Bought Clear Channel Outdoor Stock…

Artie Moreno and various parties associated with Verde Investments have combined to purchase a total of 35 million shares in Clear Channel Outdoor.  Here’s the group… Looks to Billboard Insider like this makes Moreno, Verde et. al. the 4th largest shareholder in Clear Channel Outdoor.  Here’s our estimate… Billboard Insider’s […]

Chris Stark On Easements

 I agree with the conclusions in Billboard Insider’s July 25, 2023 article on billboard easements.  Just a couple additional observations…. We often get asked by sellers who own their land if they are better off reserving an easement and selling the board with a land lease to retain some passive […]

Paul Wright says having a perpetual easement is better than having a lease.

Yesterday Billboard Insider described how easements increase the value of a billboard structure.  Out of home appraisal and valuation expert Paul Wright agrees… Happy to weigh in on the value of easements in a billboard transaction. As you mentioned, the lack of a lease expense, which is often a billboard […]