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Jeff Seddon on Private Equity and Out of Home

Moorgate Partners recently advised Premier Outdoor Media on the sale of 200 billboard faces, including nearly 50 digital, to Lamar Advertising.  Premier had been backed by private equity investor Caruth Capital Partners.   Billboard Insider talked with Moorgate Partners’ Director Jeff Seddon to learn more about the private equity market. […]

Public Out of Home Company Debt Trends

Moorgate Capital Partners produces an outstanding quarterly report on the out of home advertising industry. Here are some charts in Moorgate’s 4Q 2024 State of the OOH Industry report which caught our eye. A muted acquisitions market.   Here’s a breakout of Public company OOH acquisitions from 2019 to 2024. […]

Debt Trends at Out of Home Companies

Moorgate Capital Partners produces an outstanding quarterly report on the out of home advertising industry.  Here are some charts in the third quarter 2024 report that caughtBillboard Insider’s eye. Debt costs are moderating Debt costs have been stable at the public out of home companies.  Lamar has a 5% weighted […]

Public Company Out of Home Acquisitions Down 44% in 2024

Moorgate Capital Partners produces an outstanding quarterly report on the out of home advertising industry.  Here are some charts from the report which caught Billboard Insider’s eye. Public Company M&A Activity is down. Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor have done only $45 million in acquisitions during the first half […]

Public OOH Companies are Deleveraging as the Cost of Debt Stabilizes

Here are two tables, prepared by Moorgate Capital Partners, which calculate the weighted average cost of debt and leverage (net debt/adjusted cashflow) for the public out of home companies as of December 2023.  Some observations: The cost of debt has been stable at the public out of home companies, after rising […]

Debt Costs and Leverage Stable at Public OOH Companies

Here are two tables, prepared by Moorgate Capital Partners, which calculate the weighted average cost of debt and leverage (net debt/adjusted cashflow) for the public out of home companies as of December 2023.  Some observations: No surprise that the cost of debt goes up as leverage goes up.  Clear Channel […]

Debt Costs Up for Out of Home Companies

Moorgate Capital Partners has analyzed out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru September 2023.  Some chart’s in Moorgate’s report caught Billboard Insider’s eye.  Weighted average debt costs have increased at the public out of home companies over the past two years although the rise has slowed during […]

Debt Costs Continue to Rise at Public Out of Home Companies

Moorgate Capital Partners has analyzed out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru March 2023.  Weight average debt costs have increased at the public out of home companies due to a rise in interest rates. Lamar Advertising’s weighted average cost of debt increased from 4.8% at March 2023 […]

Debt Costs Rising at Public Out of Home Companies

Moorgate Capital Partners has analyzed out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru March 2023.  The weighted average interest rate on public out of home debt has risen by approximately 1.5% over the last year due to Federal Reserve interest rate increases.   Lamar Advertising has the lowest weighted […]

The Cost of Debt and Leverage at the Public US Out of Home Companies

Moorgate Capital Partners has prepared an analysis of the Cost of Debt and Leverage (Net Debt/Adjusted EBIDTA) for the three public US Out of home companies.   Clear Channel Outdoor has the highest leverage and the highest cost of debt.  Lamar has the lowest leverage and lowest cost of debt.  The […]