Baton Rouge, LA – May 11, 2020 – Lamar Advertising Company is proud to support #ForBlake, the movement that encourages people to perform good deeds in memory of Blake Davis, a young boy who lost his battle to pulmonary hypertension just shy of the age of three in 2019. Blake’s […]
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Company of the Day – Headrick Outdoor Media
Company: Headrick Outdoor MediaHeadquarters: One Freedom Square, Laurel MS 39440 Markets: Idaho Utah Kansas Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama North & South Carolina Phone: 601.649.1977 Email: sales@headricks.com The Headrick Companies started from very humble beginnings designing, fabricating, and installing signs in a small back yard shop in 1927. Mr. […]
Jeremy Male: Q2 Revenues will be Down 50%
OUTFRONT CEO Jeremy Male said that second quarter revenue will be down 50% as OUTFRONT’s urban and transit billboard plant is heavily impacted by stay at home orders. Here are the highlights of last Friday’s earnings call. On future revenues As we look at Q2 to date, we expect our […]
OUTFRONT Revenues Up 3% in 1Q 2020
OUTFRONT’s first quarter was OK but there’s stormy weather ahead. Here are the results from OUTFRONT’s 2020 first quarter earnings release and earnings presentation. Revenues increased by 3.5% to $385 million due primarily to an increase in billboard revenue. Billboard revenues increased by 9% due to increased yields and digital […]
Sean Reilly on what’s up and what’s down.
On last week’s earnings call Sean Reilly reviewed Lamar’s top verticals: Our top three verticals are service, hospitals and restaurants. 1,2 and 3 are looking strong…Service is primarily attorneys. We’re getting a lot of inbound from attorneys…There are other services – things like pest control, home and office cleaning…and we’re […]
Rate This Board by Greg Callaham
Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]
Company of the Day: Highway Displays
Company: Highway Displays Outdoor Market: New York Headquarters: 404 Maple Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone: 845-452-2121 Email: info@highwaydisplays.com Highway Outdoor has over 420 static and digital billboards in the mid-Hudson valley. The company was founded by Louis Schwartz, a Hungarian immigrant in 1918. The company has 15 employees. Sandra Schwartz […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds May 9, 2020
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager. We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified” Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider. I told […]
Sean Reilly: “On the customer front we have turned the corner.”
Earnings calls are all too often can’t-say-don’t-know-won’t-tell. Not so with Lamar. CEO Sean Reilly was direct, factual and upbeat on yesterday’s call. Read his comments and you’ll understand why Lamar stock went up 18% yesterday. Sean Reilly on the now versus 2008-2009 I was the chief operating officer of the […]
Lamar Revenues and Cashflow up during 1Q 2020
“We were off to a strong start to 2020. Then over course the coronavirus pandemic adversely affected us and our customers in late March and through April. We have used that time to prepare the company for the downturn and ensure we emerge even stronger on the other side.” That’s […]