“This change was primarily due to increases in acquisitions and capital expenditures during 2026, offset by the net change in proceeds received from the sale of the Company's equity investment in Vistar Media, Inc.”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Lamar Advertising Company
LAMR
Market read
Lamar Advertising Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Interest expense rose to $41.1 million after the September 2025 senior-notes placement, partly offset by lower facility and securitization-program rates.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if LAMR's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Interest expense rose to $41.1 million after the September 2025 senior-notes placement, partly offset by lower facility and securitization-program rates.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating margin changed +10.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +9.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- P/E is 22% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 101% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
149.04Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Interest expense increased $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 to $41.1 million as compared to $40.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 primarily due to the institutional private placement of the 5 3/8% Senior Notes in Septembe…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 6.7× · EV/sales 8.1×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for LAMR. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for LAMR. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind LAMR
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
POWWFiling-linked namepartnerFeb 20, 2026 ▾
“Additionally, Lamar Advertising Limited Partnership (“Lamar LP”), the subsidiary operating partnership of the Company and Lamar Media, acquired Verde Outdoor at a value of $147.6 million through the issuance of 1,187,500 Common Units of Lamar LP.”
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.lenderMay 7, 2026 ▾
“On February 6, 2020, Lamar Media entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with certain of Lamar Media’s subsidiaries as guarantors, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.”
Depended on by
CCOClear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.competitorFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“OOH advertising industry is fragmented and highly competitive, consisting of other large operators such as Lamar Advertising Company and Outfront Media Inc., as well as numerous regional and local participants.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
LAMR is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Out-of-Home Advertising. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.