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Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR) Stock

$161.44 +2.06% NASDAQ: LAMR Real Estate

Established in 1902, Lamar Advertising (Nasdaq: LAMR) operates as a major force in the North American outdoor advertising landscape, boasting a portfolio of over 352,000 displays across the United States and Canada. Lamar furnishes advertisers with an extensive array of formats, encompassing traditional billboards, interstate logo displays, transit advertising, and airport placements.

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$161.44
Market Cap$16.38B
P/E Ratio25.65
P/B Ratio14.84
P/S Ratio6.63
EPS (TTM)$5.77
52-Week High$163.34
52-Week Low$113.66
Dividend Yield4.35%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE58.00%
ROA8.47%
ROCE68.10%
Gross Margin30.80%
Operating Margin30.80%
Net Margin24.02%
Debt/Equity5.35
Current Ratio0.95

Annual Financials (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Revenue$1.8B$2.0B$2.1B$2.2B$2.3B
Operating Profit$521.0M$578.0M$675.0M$532.0M$698.0M
Net Profit$388.0M$439.0M$496.0M$362.0M$587.0M
EPS$3.83$4.31$4.85$3.52$5.77
Op Margin29.2%28.4%32.0%24.1%30.8%

Balance Sheet (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Total Assets$6.0B$6.5B$6.6B$6.6B$6.9B
Total Liabilities$4.8B$5.3B$5.3B$5.5B$5.9B
Cash$100.0M$53.0M$45.0M$49.0M$65.0M
Borrowings$4.2B$4.6B$4.6B$4.6B$6.2B

Latest News

Lamar Advertising Shares Fall After Citigroup Downgrade MT Newswires · Jul 10, 2026 Shopify upgraded, PepsiCo downgrade: Wall Street's top analyst calls The Fly · Jul 10, 2026 Here Are Friday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: CubeSmart, Digital Realty Trust, Honeywell Aerospace, IBM, PepsiCo, Seagate, Shopify, Toll Brothers, Twilio, and More 24/7 Wall St. · Jul 10, 2026 Citigroup Downgrades Lamar Advertising to Neutral From Buy, Adjusts Price Target to $160 From $145 MT Newswires · Jul 10, 2026 Lamar Advertising Company to Release Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2026 Operating Results GlobeNewswire · Jul 6, 2026

Cash Flow (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Operating Cash Flow$734.0M$782.0M$784.0M$874.0M$864.0M
Investing Cash Flow$-588.0M$-786.0M$-488.0M$-290.0M$-373.0M
Financing Cash Flow$37.0M$62.0M$-10.0M$-7.0M$-161.0M
Net Cash Flow$-22.0M$-47.0M$-8.0M$5.0M$15.0M
Free Cash Flow$608.0M$615.0M$605.0M$748.0M$736.0M

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio—
EV / EBITDA20.64
FCF Yield4.85%
Quick Ratio0.82
Interest Coverage4.36
Return 1Y35.54%
Return 3Y84.23%
Return 5Y100.46%

Ownership

Insiders Held0.81%
Institutions Held101.47%
Institutions Float Held102.30%
Institutional HolderSharesReport Date
Blackrock Inc.9,982,2772026-03-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC7,485,0672026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3,898,0922026-03-31
FMR, LLC3,803,1532026-03-31
Victory Capital Management Inc.2,910,4532026-03-31

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
AMHAmerican Homes 4 Rent $33.51 -1.03% 27.24 $12.04B 0.00%
ELS $65.05 -1.51% 31.63 $12.62B 3.30%
GLPI $44.13 +0.62% 15.05 $12.50B 6.54%
HSTHost Hotels & Resorts, Inc. $23.54 -6.33% 14.80 $16.12B 4.37%
KIMKimco Realty Corporation $25.48 -0.12% 28.19 $17.18B 4.37%

About Lamar Advertising Company

Established in 1902, Lamar Advertising (Nasdaq: LAMR) operates as a major force in the North American outdoor advertising landscape, boasting a portfolio of over 352,000 displays across the United States and Canada. Lamar furnishes advertisers with an extensive array of formats, encompassing traditional billboards, interstate logo displays, transit advertising, and airport placements. This diverse offering assists both burgeoning local businesses and established national brands in consistently engaging expansive audiences. Beyond its extensive collection of traditional out-of-home assets, Lamar proudly operates the United States' largest network of digital billboards, encompassing approximately 3,800 cutting-edge displays for its customers.

Lamar Advertising Company is led by CEO Sean E. Reilly, employs 3,500 people, headquartered in Baton Rouge, US, publicly traded since 1996.

Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR) stock trades at $161.44 with a market capitalization of $16.38B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.65, price-to-book of 14.84, price-to-sales of 6.63. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $113.66 and $163.34, and currently trades 1.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.35%.

On profitability, Lamar Advertising Company generates a return on equity (ROE) of 58.00% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 68.10%, an operating margin of 30.80%, a net profit margin of 24.02%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Lamar Advertising Company reported annual revenue of $2.3B, net profit of $587.0M, revenue has compounded at 7.6% a year over the last five years, profit at 19.3% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.35 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.95, total assets of $6.9B, $65.0M in cash and equivalents.

LAMR has an average daily trading volume of 636,540 shares, a beta of 1.23.

Official website: www.lamar.com

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