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

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

Lamar Advertising announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors 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 4.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Lamar Advertising's Dividend History.

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.08. The real estate investment trust earned $457.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $452.91 million. Lamar Advertising had a net margin of 21.23% and a return on equity of 32.10%. The company's revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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.

2 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Lamar Advertising's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $86.00. On average, they expect Lamar Advertising's share price to reach $83.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Lamar Advertising.

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

News stories about LAMR stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lamar Advertising earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lamar Advertising.

Lamar Advertising saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,510,000 shares, a decrease of 11.1% from the December 15th total of 3,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 355,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.9 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company's stock 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 Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Iron Mountain (IRM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Chevron (CVX), Pfizer (PFE), Amgen (AMGN), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Walt Disney (DIS) and Altria Group (MO).

Lamar Advertising's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.29%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.36%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.20%), Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.06%), Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. (0.05%) and Signature Wealth Management Group (0.05%). 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, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC, Forte Capital LLC ADV, First PREMIER Bank and Signature Wealth Management Group. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Brasada Capital Management LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Appleton Partners Inc. MA, Boston Trust Walden Corp, AE Wealth Management LLC, IFP Advisors Inc 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAMR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $92.04.

Lamar Advertising has a market capitalization of $9.24 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]