Tag: Clear Channel Outdoor

Two Out of Home Stocks Up, One Down in 1Q 2023

Two US out of home stocks were up and one US out of home stock was down in the first quarter of 2023.  Clear Channel Outdoor rose 14% on news of the Switzerland sale.  You’ll notice that Clear Channel Outdoor fluctuated wildly during the 1st quarter.  It has extremely high […]

SignValue’s Clear Channel Outdoor at a Glance

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Clear Channel Outdoor’s 4Q 2022 financials. If you have questions contact Paul Wright, CEO, SignValue, paul@signvalue.com, 480-657-8400.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in the title.  Our newsletter is free and we don’t […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Doubles Down on Downtown Chicago and Beyond

Clear Channel Outdoor Doubles Down on Downtown Chicago and Beyond Reimagining Media Network at 500 W. Madison to Help Businesses Reach & Influence 200,000+ Commuters Daily CHICAGO, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), (NYSE: CCO), the sole media provider for business and community partner messaging via the 500 W. Madison atrium and […]

Out of Home Leverage Declining but Debt Costs Rise

Moorgate Capital Partners has prepared a summary of out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru December 2022.  The cost of out of home debt has risen by 100-200 basis points over the last year due to Federal Reserve interest rate increases.   Lamar has the lowest weighted average […]

Clear Channel’s Switzerland Business Sale Receives Regulatory Approval

SAN ANTONIO, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) today announced that the sale of the Company’s Switzerland business to Goldbach Group, an affiliate of TX Group, has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Competition Commission. The Company now expects the transaction to close […]

3 Things About Lamar

Three things about Lamar Advertising which Billboard Insider learned from reading the Lamar Advertising 2022 10k. Local, local, local. “Local advertising constituted approximately 78% of our outdoor net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022 which management believes is higher than the industry average.”  True indeed.  OUTFRONT gets 55% […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenues Up 0.9% in 4Q 22.

“We’re off to a good start and believe 2023 will be a positive year for the business, despite some uncertainties regarding the macro environment,” said Clear Channel CEO Scott Wells yesterday.  Here are the results of the Clear Channel Outdoor 4Q 2022 earnings release, 4Q 2022 earnings presentation and conference […]

Hoya Capital on the US Out of Home Business

Hoya Capital published a decent out of home review titled Billboard Reits: We’re Paying Attention (Lamar Vs Outfront).  Forward a copy to your banker.  The article explains how out of home works and summarizes industry strengths (e.g. regulatory barriers to entry, digital billboard upside, attractive CPM versus other media, low […]

Who’s Worth What in Out of Home

This slide from the recent Solomon Partners Media and Entertainment Summit Presentation caught Billboard Insider’s eye.  It shows that public out of home companies are trading at a 9-14 times current cashflow (2022 EBIDTA).   Billboard Insider’s take: Lamar has the highest valuation multiple because it has the longest weighted […]

Clear Channel Celebrates Black History Month

We are sharing Clear Channel Outdoor’s efforts to celebrate Black History Month for 2023 with a new month-long digital campaign. CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: The People, The Places, The Moments 1875, Carter Woodson, known as the creator of Black History Month, is born in Virginia. 1936, Jesse Owens wins four […]