Lamar Advertising Stock Forecast, Price & News

Lamar Advertising's stock was trading at $68.25 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LAMR stock has decreased by 2.4% and is now trading at $66.61.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lamar Advertising in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Lamar Advertising is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.68. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $347.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $367.30 million. Lamar Advertising had a return on equity of 23.81% and a net margin of 16.38%. Lamar Advertising's revenue for the quarter was down 22.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.18 earnings per share.
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Lamar Advertising announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 1st. Investors of record on Monday, September 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 18th.
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Lamar Advertising updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.55-1.93 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.39.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Lamar Advertising's shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Lamar Advertising's stock price to reach $67.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price.
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Lamar Advertising saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,580,000 shares, a decrease of 14.6% from the August 31st total of 1,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 626,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days.
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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) and MDC Partners (MDCA).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lamar Advertising investors own include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Chevron (CVX), Iron Mountain (IRM), AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Duke Energy (DUK), IBM (IBM) and Intel (INTC).

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

Lamar Advertising's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.17%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.49%), Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (1.55%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.45%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (1.04%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.96%). Company insiders that own Lamar Advertising stock include John E Koerner III, Keith A Istre, Sean E Reilly, Stephen P Mumblow and Thomas V Reifenheiser.
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LAMR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Avalon Investment & Advisory, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., DAVENPORT & Co LLC, and Scout Investments Inc..
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LAMR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Pacer Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Marshall Wace LLP.
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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 $66.61.

Lamar Advertising has a market capitalization of $6.71 billion and generates $1.75 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $372.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.80 on an earnings per share basis. Lamar Advertising employs 3,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lamar Advertising is 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]