NASDAQ:LAMR - Lamar Advertising Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Lamar Advertising declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.91 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. View Lamar Advertising's Dividend History.

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.67. The real estate investment trust earned $361.03 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $360.27 million. Lamar Advertising had a return on equity of 27.02% and a net margin of 18.69%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.88 EPS. View Lamar Advertising's Earnings History.

Lamar Advertising is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Lamar Advertising.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Lamar Advertising's shares. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Lamar Advertising's stock price to reach $68.6667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Lamar Advertising.

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News stories about LAMR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Lamar Advertising earned a daily sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.55 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Lamar Advertising's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.36%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.40%), Royal Bank of Canada (2.68%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (2.46%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.18%) and Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (1.93%). Company insiders that own Lamar Advertising stock include Anna Reilly, John Maxwell Hamilton, Keith A Istre and Stephen P Mumblow. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lamar Advertising.

LAMR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Morningstar Investment Services LLC, Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., BB&T Securities LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have sold Lamar Advertising company stock in the last year include Keith A Istre and Stephen P Mumblow. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lamar Advertising.

LAMR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group and Mackay Shields LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.71.

Lamar Advertising has a market capitalization of $6.96 billion and generates $1.54 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $317.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.05 on an earnings per share basis. Lamar Advertising employs 3,400 workers across the globe.

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]