Tag: Lamar Advertising

Not Pretty for OOH Stocks

Not a pretty picture for out of home stocks.  All the public out of home companies failed to beat the market during the past three months due to fears about a recession impacting ad spending.  The S&P 500 declined 10%.    Lamar was off 17%, Boston Omaha down 27%, Clear […]

Ian Dallimore and Rick Robinson on Why OOH is Stuck at a 5% Market Share

Rick Robinson has a great interview with Lamar’s Ian Dallimore posted on YouTube, where they discuss why the OOH industry seems to be stuck at a 5% market share.  Here are some of Ian’s highlights from their conversation, but you should check out the entire conversation at this LINK. Are […]

Albuquerque Says No More To Bus Wraps

Yahoo News reports that the Albuquerque City Council voted 8-1 Monday to phase out advertising bus wraps from the city fleets. In June 2025, when the city’s current bus wrapping contract expires, all wraps will be removed from the fleet. There were two primary reasons reported for the decision to […]

SignValue’s Lamar Advertising at a Glance – June 2023

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Lamar Advertising’s 2nd 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 we […]

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 […]