Barrington Research Comments on OUTFRONT Media Q2 Earnings

OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT - Free Report) - Research analysts at Barrington Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for OUTFRONT Media in a report released on Wednesday, May 14th. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.42 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.47. Barrington Research currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $21.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for OUTFRONT Media's current full-year earnings is $1.59 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for OUTFRONT Media's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.56 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on OUTFRONT Media from $18.00 to $17.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on OUTFRONT Media from $22.00 to $17.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 9th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded OUTFRONT Media from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $17.97.

OUTFRONT Media Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of OUT stock opened at $16.52 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.00, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 0.65. OUTFRONT Media has a 52-week low of $12.95 and a 52-week high of $19.98. The company has a market capitalization of $2.76 billion, a PE ratio of 11.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.84. The business's fifty day moving average is $15.42 and its 200 day moving average is $17.50.

OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The financial services provider reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.15 by ($0.01). OUTFRONT Media had a return on equity of 40.33% and a net margin of 13.30%. The business had revenue of $390.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $396.17 million.

OUTFRONT Media Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 6th will be issued a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 6th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.27%. OUTFRONT Media's dividend payout ratio is currently 78.95%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of OUT. Barclays PLC increased its holdings in shares of OUTFRONT Media by 43.0% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 501,439 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $9,218,000 after buying an additional 150,669 shares during the period. Diversify Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of OUTFRONT Media by 82.2% in the fourth quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 28,190 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $483,000 after buying an additional 12,718 shares during the period. ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. increased its holdings in shares of OUTFRONT Media by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 1,477,499 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $26,211,000 after buying an additional 31,079 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its holdings in shares of OUTFRONT Media by 56.4% in the fourth quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 11,608 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $206,000 after buying an additional 4,186 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV increased its holdings in shares of OUTFRONT Media by 47.9% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 6,198 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $110,000 after buying an additional 2,006 shares during the period.

OUTFRONT Media Company Profile

OUTFRONT Media, Inc leases advertising space on out-of-home advertising structures and sites. Its inventory consists of billboard displays, which are primarily located on the most heavily traveled highways & roadways, and transit advertising displays operated under exclusive multi-year contracts with municipalities in large cities across the U.S.

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