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 given a dividend of $0.91 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. View Lamar Advertising's Dividend History.

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.67. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $361.03 million for 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%. Lamar Advertising's revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.88 earnings per share. 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 1-year price targets for Lamar Advertising's stock. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Lamar Advertising's stock price to reach $68.6667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.8%. 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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News articles about LAMR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Lamar Advertising earned a coverage optimism score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 45.30 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Lamar Advertising's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.97%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.50%), Beacon Financial Group (0.11%), Capital One National Association (0.05%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.05%). 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 Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, 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 purchased 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 $72.16.

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]