Tag: outfront

US Public OOH Companies Grow Faster Than Economy in 2Q 21

Here’s a comparison of the performance of the public out of home companies versus the US nominal GDP. Quarterly Change in US Public Company out of home revenues versus US Gross Domestic Product Some observations: Link Media and Lamar had the slightest revenue declines and fastest recovery from covid due […]

Lamar and Outfront Were Quarter Two Standouts

Always nice to understand what the wider marketplace thinks about the Out of Home sector.  Below is a segment of a report from Hoya Capital Real Estate, a research-focused Registered Investment Advisor that advises ETFs and individual accounts by managing portfolios of publicly-traded commercial and residential real estate companies. They […]

OUTFRONT’s Siegel: Converting static to digital is the best returning activity

OUTFRONT CFO Matt Siegel talked about digital billboards the MTA and the company’s dividend at yesterday’s Oppenheimer Technology, Internet & Communications conference.  Some highlights. Digital conversion is compelling. Converting static to digital is really the best returning activity we do.  We know the location, we know the landlord, we’re adding […]

The Big 3 Are Investing Again

Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel have accellerated investment plans after tightening the belt during Covid.  OUTFRONT’s Matt Siegel said this about capital spending on last Friday’s earning call: We added 47 new digital boards this quarter and 77 year to date…You’ll probably see an increased pace of capex in the […]

Outfront Revenues Up 53% in 2Q 21

Outfront organic revenues grew 53% in the second quarter of 2021.  Here are the results from the OUTFRONT 2Q 21 earning release, Outfront 2Q 21 earnings deck and conference call. Revenue grew by 53% to $341 million in the second quarter of 2021. Local revenues increased 51%.  More encouragingly national […]

3 Things About Lamar

Three things about Lamar Advertising that Billboard Insider learned from reviewing the July 15, 2021 Lamar Advertising S4 in connection with the pending issue of $550 of 3.625% notes. Local, local, local. Lamar is more dependent on local advertising than Clear Channel or OUTFRONT.  The S4 says this: “Local advertising […]

Trends in Out of Home Collections

A reader writes “we have seen a greater than average amount of advertisers slow paying or not paying their bills. Last month we did not hit our 93% collection budget. We also have more in 60-90+ than we have in a long time. I wonder if other companies are seeing […]

Los Angeles Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program Enters Final Stage

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Jennifer Pope McDowell, Director of Capital Infrastructure, Mayor’s Office of City Services view a shelter design with OUTFRONT/JC Decaux’s Francois Nion   Los Angeles-The competition to select a contractor for one of the world’s largest street furniture programs entered its final stage with multiple […]

OUTFRONT Adds Shapiro As Programmatic VP

NEW YORK, July 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) welcomes Neil Shapiro, as VP, Head of Programmatic, who will lead OUTFRONT’s Programmatic Business and Sales Strategy. “I’m excited to join the team at OUTFRONT,” said Neil Shapiro. “Programmatic out of home continues its growth trajectory and I look […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Soars in 2Q 2021

US out of home stocks beat the market during the second quarter of 2021.  Clear Channel Outdoor increased by 40% during the second quarter of 2021 versus a 7% increase for the Standard and Poor 500.  Clear Channel stock is more volatile than the other out of home companies because […]