Tag: lamar

Reader Comments on Black Lives Matter Billboard Coming Down

Some reader comments on Lamar’s decision to run Black Lives Matter copy on a billboard whose landowner was flying a confederate sign. An out of home exec says Lamar was right to run the ad. I agree with Lamar running the ad. I do believe that we are supposed to […]

Telling Your Story

Lamar just released  eight videos which tell the company’s story to investors, potential employees and clients.  Here’s a sample. Insider’s take:  Kudos to Lamar’s internal marketing crew and to Max Zoghbi at Loupe Theory for production.  Telling your story is easy in a world of smartphones and youtube.  Does your […]

Black Lives Matter Billboard Goes Up Next to Confederate Flag

Billboards aren’t a critical forum for public speech?  Think again.  Some community groups put up  Black Lives Matter copy on a Lamar billboard outside a North Carolina business which is flying the confederate flag. Insider’s take:  Another example of how billboards are speech.  They allow different voices in the community […]

Out of Home Outperforms Market in Second Quarter 2020

US out of home stocks had an outstanding quarter as traffic rebounded and the economy began to open back up from Covid closures. Clear Channel Outdoor (blue), Lamar (green), OUTFRONT (purple) and S&P 500 (black) stock performance April-June, 2020 Clear Channel Outdoor increased 85% to $1.04 during the quarter versus […]

Minorities, Women and the Public US Out of Home Companies.

Insider analyzed the makeup of the boards and the executive/leadership teams of the three public out of home companies (Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor) and here’s what he found. The public US Out of Home companies outperform the S&P 500 in putting women on corporate boards but need more […]

Out of Home Debt Markets Resilient

The out of home debt markets have been remarkably resilient during the Covid.  Clear Channel just amended its credit agreement  to get more flexibility.   OUTFRONT did the same in April.  Lamar expects to come through the downturn without asking for any covenants amendments from its lenders and it raised $400 […]

Adams Outdoor Embraces Stay at Home, Anti-Racism and Their Community

Adams Outdoor went to change out a University of Wisconsin Credit Union billboard in Madison which had the words “Even When We’re Apart We Stand Together”.  When they got there they saw someone had spray painted ‘George Floyd’ underneath the tagline. Rather than take the sign down…  we’ll let the […]

Making the Case for OOH

2020 Local Case Study Award Winners Case studies are powerful testimonials and the OAAA case study library contains over 650 examples of how OOH is creating results in markets across the US. The fifth annual OAAA/Geopath Local Case Study Contest produced a record 64 entries, and the cases demonstrated OOH is […]

Which public OOH company grew revenues faster than expenses over the past 7 years?

Which Out of Home company grows revenues faster than expenses?  Look at the chart below.  Insider computed the change in revenues and expenses for Clear Channel, OUTFRONT and Lamar for the past 7 years. Lamar is the only company which grew revenue faster than expenses.  Lamar’s revenues grew 5.8%/year for […]

Lamar Cuts Dividend in Half

Baton Rouge, LA – May 28, 2020 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share payable on June 30, 2020, to stockholders of record of […]