NASDAQ:LAMR - Lamar Advertising Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lamar Advertising trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LAMR."

Lamar Advertising declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.96 per share on Monday, December 30th. This represents a $3.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.10%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Lamar Advertising's Dividend History.

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.08. The real estate investment trust earned $457.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $452.91 million. Lamar Advertising had a return on equity of 32.10% and a net margin of 21.23%. The firm's revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.95 EPS. View Lamar Advertising's Earnings History.

Lamar Advertising is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lamar Advertising.

Lamar Advertising will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Lamar Advertising's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect Lamar Advertising's stock price to reach $86.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Lamar Advertising.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lamar Advertising in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lamar Advertising.

News stories about LAMR stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lamar Advertising earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lamar Advertising.

Lamar Advertising saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,510,000 shares, a decline of 11.1% from the December 31st total of 3,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 353,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.9 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Lamar Advertising's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Lamar Advertising include Alphabet (GOOG), Omnicom Group (OMC), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), CLEAR CHANNEL O/SH (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), MDC Partners (MDCA) and Harte Hanks (HHS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lamar Advertising investors own include AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Iron Mountain (IRM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alphabet (GOOG), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Chevron (CVX), Metlife (MET) and Pfizer (PFE).

Lamar Advertising's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.29%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.36%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.20%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Strs Ohio (0.10%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.07%). Company insiders that own Lamar Advertising stock include Keith A Istre, Sean E Reilly, Stephen P Mumblow and Thomas V Reifenheiser. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lamar Advertising.

LAMR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Michigan Retirement System, Beacon Financial Group, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lamar Advertising company stock in the last year include Keith A Istre, Sean E Reilly, Stephen P Mumblow and Thomas V Reifenheiser. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lamar Advertising.

LAMR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Brasada Capital Management LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Rikoon Group LLC, Appleton Partners Inc. MA, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and First National Bank of Omaha. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lamar Advertising.

Shares of LAMR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.56.

Lamar Advertising has a market capitalization of $9.40 billion and generates $1.63 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $305.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.50 on an earnings per share basis. Lamar Advertising employs 3,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lamar Advertising.

The official website for Lamar Advertising is http://www.lamar.com/.

Lamar Advertising's mailing address is 5321 CORPORATE BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE LA, 70808. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 225-926-1000 or via email at [email protected]