Tag: Sean Reilly

Lamar Revenue Up 16% in 2Q 2022

“We were extremely pleased with our second quarter results, which were even stronger than we had anticipated” was how Lamar CEO Sean Reilly lead off the second quarter earnings call.  Here are the highlights from Lamar’s 2nd quarter 2022 earnings release and earnings call. Net revenue increased by 16% to […]

Sean Reilly on Out of Home and Recession

Yesterday we discussed recessions and out of home.  Here’s what Lamar CEO Sean Reilly said at the May 2022 JP Morgan conference when an investor asked about how recessions impact Lamar: “I’ve managed through a lot of recessions…In a garden variety recession we are not as cyclical as people think.  […]

Key Moments from WOO’s 2022 Global out of home conference.

June 7th, 2022.  Striking the right balance between Classic (traditional) Out of Home and all-conquering digital is one of the keys to sector growth for the medium, World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard told delegates at WOO’s Global Congress in Toronto. OOH has recovered strongly from the pandemic […]

Lamar Marks Pride Month

Baton Rouge, LA – June 2, 2022 – In celebration of Pride Month, and as part of the company’s ongoing support for the LGBTQ+ community, Lamar Advertising is once again sharing a message of acceptance, equality, and tolerance on its national network of digital billboards. Throughout June, Lamar will display […]

Inflation and Out of Home Inputs

Inflation has increased from 1.5-2% annually to 7-8% annually.  Take a look at this chart. Source: US Inflation Calculator When you drill down into the numbers you can see that inflation picked up in the last half of 2021 when the last round of covid stimulus vastly expanded the money […]

Sean Reilly’s Short Course On M&A

At this week’s  JP Morgan Global Tech and Media conference Sean Reilly gave a short course on how Lamar approaches M&A. M&A We do an awful lot of M&A.  Last year we did a little over $310 million in billboard transactions.  The average transaction size was $6 million.  So it’s […]

Sean Reilly: We’re On Fire

Sean Reilly appeared yesterday at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference after missing the GO 2022 Out of home media conference with covid.  Here are some of his comments. Lamar is setting records We’re on fire.  Industry’s on fire.  Lamar is continuing to set records every day.  […]

Are You Asking?

On last week’s Lamar Advertising earnings call an analyst asked Sean Reilly why out of home is doing so well and he said this. There is share shift going on…You’ve heard me over the years talk about what’s going on with local media as they struggle with their audience.  You […]

Lamar Revenue Up 22% in Q1 2022

“The year is off to an excellent start,” was how Lamar CEO Sean Reilly introduced the company’s 1Q 2022 earnings.  Here are the results of Lamar’s first quarter 2022 earnings release and conference call. Revenues increased 22% to $451 million. Billboard revenues are up 17%.  Digital revenues are up 20%.  […]

Pay Ratios for Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor

Dodd-Frank requires public companies to disclose the pay ratio (e.g. the CEO’s total compensation compared to the median annual total compensation for all company employees).  Billboard Insider has computed the pay ratios for Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor pulled from each company’s Schedule 14A.   Lamar had the lowest […]