Lamar Advertising Co (LAMR) stock
LAMRNasdaqReal Estate Investment TrustsFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 5, 2026Score 10/3045% above fair value
$161.76+2.11 (+1.32%)
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $16.43BP/E 29.5Yield 3.99%
Lamar Advertising statistics
100 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Feb 19, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Sep 21, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 13, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 18.12
- 12.70
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 8.55
- 4.44
- EV / EBIT
- 26.90
- 16.73
- EV / FCF
- 27.70
- 24.30
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -0.96%
- 0.55%
- Float
- 88M
- 24M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 13.7%
- 18.2%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 84.4%
- 68.7%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 3M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -7.27%
- 0.52%
- Short % of Float
- 3.34%
- 3.95%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 2.88%
- 3.18%
- Days to Cover
- 5.58
- 1.00
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $166.33
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $122.31
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $157.43
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $150.81
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $146.27
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $3.78
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 3.70%
- 0.10%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 9.25%
- 0.38%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- 6.16%
- 0.40%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 11.1%
- 1.35%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 27.8%
- 2.76%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 26.3%
- 1.94%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 67.7%
- -1.32%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 37.9%
- -28.4%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 166.0%
- -19.9%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 852,228
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 688,818
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 604,283
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.83
- 0.70
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 62.8
- 56.1
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 20.3%
- 17.8%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 1.03
- 0.69
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 24.8%
- 13.4%
- EBITDA Margin
- 46.3%
- 50.8%
- FCF Margin
- 30.9%
- 17.8%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 8.14%
- 1.56%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 11.9%
- -0.86%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 0.63
- 2.24
- Quick Ratio
- 0.57
- 1.56
- Debt / EBITDA
- 3.27
- 3.64
- Debt / FCF
- 4.89
- 8.42
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 3.20
- 2.68
- Interest Coverage
- 4.53
- 1.94
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 4.39%
- 4.61%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 26.6%
- 1.43%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 27.4%
- 1.20%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- -0.64%
- 2.66%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 3.70%
- 4.18%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 7.63%
- 7.63%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 10.2%
- -0.11%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 19.1%
- 6.21%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.34
- 0.13
- Revenue Per Employee
- $664.64K
- $2.42M
- Profits Per Employee
- $158.88K
- $81.67K
- Employee Count
- 3,500
- 67
- WACC
- 9.32%
- 8.50%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $576.50M
- $14.23M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$3.45B
- $866.50K
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$33.94
- $0.04
- Working Capital
- -$293.42M
- $357.41K
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$188.57M
- -$90.95M
- FCF Per Share
- $7.07
- $0.71
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 3.39%
- 2.16%
- FCF Yield
- 4.37%
- 4.26%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.99%
- 5.53%
- Buyback Yield
- -0.10%
- 0.20%
- Shareholder Yield
- 3.89%
- 5.47%
- Dividend Per Share
- $6.45
- $1.39
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 14.2%
- 1.18%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 2
- 1
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $163.05M
- $65.39M
- Income Tax
- $11.19M
- $224.00K
- Effective Tax Rate
- 1.94%
- 1.58%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Altman Z-Score
- 2.04
- 10.24
- Piotroski F-Score
- 8
- 5
- Lynch Fair Value
- $104.55
- –
- Lynch Upside
- -35.4%
- -44.3%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | LAMR | S&P 500 | Difference | LAMR per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +10.5% | -3.0% | +13.5 pts | ||
| 3 months | +5.5% | -2.8% | +8.2 pts | ||
| Year to date | +32.2% | +11.5% | +20.7 pts | ||
| 1 year | +33.0% | +13.5% | +19.6 pts | ||
| 3 years | +103.1% | +77.7% | +25.4 pts | +26.6% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | +77.2% | +72.6% | +4.6 pts | +12.1% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +335.9% | +308.2% | +27.8 pts | +15.9% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
3M LAMR shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 7.3% from the previous report, or 3.34% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 5.6 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 56.2% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 2,927,221 | -7.3% | 524,583 | 5.6 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 3,156,601 | -7.8% | 579,539 | 5.5 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3,422,664 | +9.3% | 578,782 | 5.9 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3,132,364 | +2.3% | 400,369 | 7.8 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3,063,227 | -4.5% | 492,086 | 6.2 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 3,208,218 | -8.3% | 774,606 | 4.1 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3,499,125 | -7.0% | 593,749 | 5.9 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 3,761,189 | +4.4% | 534,138 | 7.0 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3,601,102 | -9.8% | 864,601 | 4.2 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3,993,938 | +13.5% | 491,648 | 8.1 |
| May 29, 2026 | 3,517,388 | -4.0% | 541,368 | 6.5 |
| May 15, 2026 | 3,663,203 | -12.9% | 950,098 | 3.9 |
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