Lamar Advertising Company — The Essentials

By Blake Campbell • Thursday, January 05 12:00 • Permanent Link

Lamar Advertising Company logged a -1.7% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $92.23 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.2%. LAMR's trading volume is 107,171 compared to the stock's average volume of 552,959.

Lamar Advertising Company trades -12.99% away from its average analyst target price of $106 per share. The 3 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $100 to $110, and on average have given Lamar Advertising Company a rating of hold.

If you are considering an investment in LAMR, you'll want to know the following:

Lamar Advertising Company's current price is 201.4% above its Graham number of $30.6, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Lamar Advertising Company has moved -19.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -18.0%
Based on its trailing earning per share of 4.85, Lamar Advertising Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
LAMR has a forward P/E ratio of 17.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (Eps) of $5.21 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 6.36 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Lamar Advertising Company is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 7.4 compared to its sector average of 2.39
Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising (Nasdaq: LAMR) is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with over 352,000 displays across the United States and Canada.
Based in Baton Rouge, the company has 3,350 full time employees and a market cap of $9,378,223,104. Lamar Advertising Company currently returns an annual dividend yield of 5.1%.

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