Tag: huntington outdoor

Justin Powell on growing to 1,800 faces in 13 years.

Today’s podcast guest Justin Powell talks about founding Huntington Billboards in the middle of the 2009 great recession and growing the company to 1,800 displays over 13 years. Some of the highlights. How did you enter the out of home business? I graduated from college.  I was 20 years old…  […]

Huntington Outdoor Acquires Indian Creek Outdoor

Greenville, OH – January 12th, 2022, Huntington Billboards, an owner, and operator of outdoor advertising signs throughout the Midwest, announced today that it has acquired southern Ohio billboard company, Indian Creek Outdoor. Justin Powell (CEO of Huntington Billboards) on the Transaction: “Indian Creek Outdoor was built and managed by the […]

Huntington Billboards Acquires Certain Assets of Giesken Outdoor

Greenville, OH – Dec 20, 2021, Huntington Billboards, an owner, and operator of outdoor advertising signs throughout the Midwest, announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Giesken Outdoor Advertising. Giesken Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Northwest Ohio, with both digital and static billboards. Tom Giesken started the […]

Stevenson and Powell on Finding Good Out of Home Locations

Some advice from Grace Outdoor’s Hal Stevenson and Huntington Outdoor’s Justin Powell on finding good out of home locations taken from In Their Words – Out of Home Executives talk about out of home. Hal Stevenson, Grace Outdoor Advertising You’ve got to start with politics. You’ve got to understand the […]

Why tower companies trade at a higher multiple than out of home companies.

Huntington Outdoor President Justin Powell comments on a recent Billboard Insider article. This caught my attention: “We are selling towers for 20–30 times tower cash flow, and typically get over twenty offers per engagement.” Why aren’t billboards selling for multiples like this? Insider’s take:  Out of home assets typically trade […]

The Lesson of 2020 for the Out of Home Industry

Remember last March when it was fashionable to show pictures of empty streets and some media pundits thought that out of home would be crippled and crushed by the pandemic?  The hysteria peaked March 23, 2020.  And if you kept your cool and you purchased out of home stock you […]

Feedback on Who Has What Market Share

In last week’s Who Has What Market Share  Billboard Insider referred to a slide from an OUTFRONT Media investor presentation suggesting that independent out of home companies account for 34% of US out of home market revenues. Justin Powell of Huntington Outdoor wonders if the independent’s share of the market […]

15 Tips from Three OOH Company Founders

Insider talks with lots of out of home company founders.  Here’s some of the best specific advice he’s heard on how to run an out of home company. John Arnold, Arnold Outdoor: Never build a double stack with a face taller than 8 feet.  It means you only need 1 […]

Company of the Day: Huntington Outdoor

Company: Huntington Outdoor Markets: Ohio, Indiana Headquarters: 524 1/2 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH  45331 Phone: 800-704-5973 Email: office@huntingtonoutdoor.com Huntington Outdoor operates a billboard plant with over 400 faces in Southwest Ohio and east-central Indiana.  The company was formed by Justin Powell in 2008 and is headquartered in Greenville Ohio. The company’s VP of Sales Jena […]

Haleigh Powell says Celebrate Your Wins

By Haleigh Powell, Director of Client Relations, Huntington Outdoor Here at Huntington Outdoor, it is always one of our goals to look for the victories and celebrate them! Two victories we have recently celebrated is clients who brag about us! There always is a certain level of satisfaction when you […]