Tag: Lamar Advertising

Kevin Reilly on Lamar’s first digital and where Lamar wants to innovate

Lamar Advertising Board Chairman Kevin Reilly Jr. appeared last week on Lamar’s Digital and Dirt podcast.  Some of the highlights. Lamar’s decentralized approach So we had consolidated financial control over decentralized operations…that means the person who runs that profit center is 100% responsible for the P&L right and they make […]

Lamar Secures Bus and Street Furniture Contracts in Canada

Baton Rouge, LA – August 10, 2023 – Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, today announced that Lamar Transit Advertising has secured two long-term contracts for bus and street furniture advertising across fast-growing markets in British Columbia and Ontario. The City of Kelowna has […]

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.  […]

Lamar Acquires Digital Conversion Sites in Phoenix from Arrington Outdoor Advertising

Phoenix, AZ – Arrington Outdoor Advertising announced today the divestiture of digital conversion sites to Lamar Advertising. The structures are located in Mesa and Tempe on Loop 202 at Scottsdale Road and Country Club Drive. Drachman M&A Co. represented seller Arrington Outdoor in the transaction. Terms of the deal were […]

EBIDTA and Billboard Cashflow and Why You Need to Know the Difference

You’ve probably heard out of home investors, brokers and lenders talk about EBITDA and Billboard cashflow.  It’s important to know the difference. Out of home EBITDA Out of home cashflow or EBITDA is earnings before interest, depreciation, amortization and income taxes.   It’s how much cash your company generates each year […]

Clear Channel Outperforms Market During Second Quarter 2023

Clear Channel outperformed the stock market for the second quarter of 2023 while Lamar and OUTFRONT lagged the market. Stock performance for Lamar (green), OUTFRONT (purple), Clear Channel Outdoor (blue) and the S&P 500 (black) for the 3 months ended June 30, 2023   Clear Channel Outdoor increased 14.2% during […]

Lamar Gets a Ruling In Fayette County

Insider reported in February 2021 that Lamar Advertising had filed a federal lawsuit against the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky over regulations that ban freestanding electronic billboards in the county. Lamar applied in September 2020 for permits to allow them […]

Are You Facing Rate Pushback?

At last week’s JP Morgan Conference an analyst asked Lamar CEO Sean Reilly about pricing and Reilly suggested it’s getting harder to raise rates. So this time last year, we were getting double digits that’s not happening anymore. Part of it is because our local customers are saying, “Well, wait, […]

Sean Reilly on the Clear Channel Outdoor Assets Lamar Would Like to Buy

At last week’s JP Morgan conference Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly was asked “If Clear Channel were to sell assets what would Lamar be interested in?”  Reilly replied: Yes, we’re staying pretty close to that situation. We’re monitoring it. What I can say is, we will not be the solution […]

SignValue’s Lamar at a Glance

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Lamar Advertising’s 1st Quarter 2023 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 […]