“Six Months Ended June 30, % (in millions, except percentages) 2026 2025 Change Growth $ 28.7 $ 29.6 (3) % Maintenance 12.6 13.3 (5) Total capital expenditures $ 41.3 $ 42.9 (4) Capital expenditures decreased $1.6 million, or 4%, in the six months ended June 3…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
OUTFRONT Media Inc.
OUT
Market read
OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.
- Revenue increased 13.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Capital spending fell as OUTFRONT reduced investment in digital displays, office remodels, and billboard upgrades; compare capex and cash-flow margin in the next report.
- Total capital expenditures reported for Q1 2026 and percent change versus prior year (digital display growth, billboard upgrades, safety projects drove increase).
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if OUT's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.
- Revenue increased 13.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 10.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 297.4% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Capital spending fell as OUTFRONT reduced investment in digital displays, office remodels, and billboard upgrades; compare capex and cash-flow margin in the next report.
- Total capital expenditures reported for Q1 2026 and percent change versus prior year (digital display growth, billboard upgrades, safety projects drove increase).
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 cash flow covered net income at 2.09x in the latest annual period.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Operating margin changed -7.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -6.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
- P/E is 28% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 50% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
28.38Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Transit segment franchise expenses increased $5.3 million, or 4%, in the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same prior-year 36 Table of Contents period, primarily due to higher variable transit franchise expenses driven by higher Transit revenues…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“As a result of negative aggregate undiscounted cash flow forecasts related to our MTA asset group, we performed quarterly impairment analyses on the MTA asset group during 2024 and recorded total impairment 44 Table of Contents charges of $17.9 million during…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“AFFO attributable to OUTFRONT Media Inc.”10-K · Feb 26, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 2.6× · EV/sales 4.0×. 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, 14:05 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 OUT. 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.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing has limited comparable evidence
10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- -3.7%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +4.3%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +15.0%
- FCF margin change
- +8.2 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 13.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 10.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 297.4% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“The decrease in billboard property lease expenses as a percentage of total revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same prior-year period was primarily due to higher Transit revenues, higher proceeds from condemnations and the impact of lost billboards in the period.”
“Billboard segment property lease expenses increased $6.0 million, or 5%, in the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same prior-year period, primarily driven by higher variable billboard property lease expenses, partially offset by the impact of lost billboards in the period.”
“Billboard segment property lease expenses increased $8.1 million, or 4%, in the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same prior-year period, primarily driven by higher variable billboard property lease expenses, partially offset by the impact of lost billboards in the period.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind OUT
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
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
OUT is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Out-of-Home Advertising. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name 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.