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. Investors 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 yield of 5.07%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. View Lamar Advertising's Dividend History.

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.67. The real estate investment trust earned $361.03 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $360.27 million. Lamar Advertising had a net margin of 18.69% and a return on equity of 27.02%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lamar Advertising's stock. Their predictions range from $68.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Lamar Advertising's share price to reach $68.6667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.3%. View Analyst Ratings for Lamar Advertising.

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

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Media stories about LAMR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, Accern reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Lamar Advertising earned a news sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 45.62 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Lamar Advertising's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.50%), Beacon Financial Group (0.11%), Capital One National Association (0.05%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.05%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Beacon Financial Group and Capital One National Association. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Bank of Montreal Can and Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd.. 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 $71.74.

Lamar Advertising has a market capitalization of $7.02 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]