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Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)

Real Estate | REIT - Specialty | Baton Rouge, United States | NasdaqGS
157.23 USD

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:09 a.m. EDT

Lamar Advertising presents a classic case of price divergence from fundamentals. While the nine-year price trajectory shows an impressive 85% gain and the stock trades above key price benchmarks, the underlying financial health is precarious. The portion of earnings paid out exceeds 100% and the leverage is extremely high, signaling that the dividend is not fully covered by earnings. The recent 4.3% price decline highlights the fragility of the current valuation. Investors should be cautious about the sustainability of the yield amidst deteriorating earnings growth.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.042564
AutoTheta0.076789
AutoETS0.079042
MSTL0.080764

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 48%
H-stat 2.62
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.230
Excess Kurtosis -0.13
Attribute Value
Sector Real Estate
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 504.797
Revenue per Share 22.595
Market Cap 15,954,929,664
Trailing P/E 28.96
Forward P/E 24.61
Beta 1.22
Profit Margins 24.02%
Previous Name Lamar Advertising Company (REIT)
Website https://www.lamar.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:09 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility is elevated at 52% for the nearest expiration, indicating heightened uncertainty. Open interest is concentrated at the 154.75 strike for puts, creating a significant support wall, while call volume at the 119.75 strike suggests speculative bullish positioning on deep in-the-money contracts.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.06% 4.92% 4.97% 5.00%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-16 1.60 1.059673
2026-03-16 1.60 1.196888
2025-12-22 1.80 1.411765
2025-09-19 1.55 1.252525
2025-06-16 1.55 1.297831
2025-03-14 1.55 1.389636
2024-12-18 1.65 1.352792
2024-09-18 1.40 1.069110
2024-06-17 1.30 1.136861
2024-03-14 1.30 1.116359
2023-12-15 1.25 1.163548
2023-09-15 1.25 1.461988
2023-06-15 1.25 1.306029
2023-03-16 1.25 1.303441
2022-12-16 1.50 1.599488
2022-09-16 1.20 1.294359
2022-06-16 1.20 1.419446
2022-03-18 1.10 0.977865
2021-12-17 1.50 1.302083
2021-09-17 1.00 0.910581
2021-06-18 0.75 0.738189
2021-03-19 0.75 0.803514
2020-12-18 0.50 0.600168
2020-09-18 0.50 0.730567
2020-06-19 0.50 0.672405
2020-03-13 1.00 1.524623
2019-12-13 0.96 1.119925
2019-09-13 0.96 1.218429
2019-06-13 0.96 1.203007
2019-03-14 0.96 1.226054
2018-12-14 0.92 1.301273
2018-09-13 0.91 1.167265
2018-06-14 0.91 1.279528
2018-03-16 0.91 1.392076
2017-12-15 0.83 1.081856
2017-09-14 0.83 1.300940
2017-06-13 0.83 1.175637
2017-03-13 0.83 1.095276
2016-12-15 0.76 1.144406
2016-09-14 0.76 1.266456
2016-06-14 0.75 1.191611
2016-03-14 0.75 1.270540
2015-12-17 0.69 1.175468
2015-09-14 0.69 1.314286
2015-06-12 0.69 1.180900
2015-03-13 0.68 1.174844
2014-12-18 0.84 1.558442
2014-09-18 0.83 1.644541
2014-05-28 0.83 1.663994
2007-03-20 3.25 5.253799
Additional Data
dividendRate 6.4
dividendYield 4.07
exDividendDate 2026-06-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 6.25
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.039750684
lastDividendValue 1.6
lastDividendDate 2026-06-16
dividendDate 2026-06-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.25673413
Address1 5,321 Corporate Blvd.
All Time High 162.96
All Time Low 5.35
Ask 169.34
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 2.7 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 529,300
Average Daily Volume3 Month 651,318
Average Volume 651,318
Average Volume10Days 529,300
Beta 1.22
Bid 145.05
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 10
Book Value 9.557
City Baton Rouge
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 157.23
Current Ratio 0.58
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 158.6106
Day Low 155.72
Debt To Equity 504.797
Dividend Date 1,782,777,600
Dividend Rate 6.4
Dividend Yield 4.07
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,046,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,046,400
Earnings Growth -0.261
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.27
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Ebitda 1,040,406,976
Ebitda Margins 0.45459998
Enterprise To Ebitda 20.072
Enterprise To Revenue 9.125
Enterprise Value 20,883,120,128
Eps Current Year 6.056
Eps Forward 6.39
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.43
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,781,568,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 151.8594
Fifty Day Average Change 5.37059
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03536554
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 25.673412
Fifty Two Week High 162.96
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.730011
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.03516207
Fifty Two Week Low 113.66
Fifty Two Week Low Change 43.569992
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3833362
Fifty Two Week Range 113.66 - 162.96
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 838,992,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.33
Float Shares 86,280,219
Forward Eps 6.39
Forward P E 24.605633
Free Cashflow 540,906,496
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 3,500
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.67221
Gross Profits 1,538,438,016
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00815
Held Percent Institutions 1.01469
Implied Shares Outstanding 101,475,101
Industry REIT - Specialty
Industry Disp REIT - Specialty
Industry Key reit-specialty
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,568,000
Last Dividend Value 1.6
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 888,796,800
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Lamar Advertising Company is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with over 362,000 displays across the United States and Canada. Lamar offers advertisers a variety of billboards, interstate logo, transit and airport advertising formats, helping both local businesses and national brands reach broad audiences every day. In addition to its more traditional out-of-home inventory, Lamar is proud to offer its customers the largest network of digital billboards in the United States with over 5,400 displays. Lamar Advertising Company was founded and incorporated in 1902 in Delaware and is based in Baton Rouge, United States.
Long Name Lamar Advertising Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 15,954,929,664
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_353253
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-15
Net Income To Common 549,318,976
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 15,954,930,129
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 157.23
Operating Cashflow 883,694,016
Operating Margins 0.25277
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 1.1531
Peg Ratio 2.2
Phone 225 926 1000
Prev Name Lamar Advertising Company (REIT)
Previous Close 157.23
Price Eps Current Year 25.96268
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 16.451815
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.971438
Profit Margins 0.24018
Quick Ratio 0.494
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 158.6106
Regular Market Day Low 155.72
Regular Market Day Range 155.72 - 158.6106
Regular Market Open 157.23
Regular Market Previous Close 157.23
Regular Market Price 157.23
Regular Market Time 1,784,059,201
Regular Market Volume 480,127
Return On Assets 0.06593
Return On Equity 0.55202
Revenue Growth 0.044
Revenue Per Share 22.595
Sand P52 Week Change 0.2043345
Sector Real Estate
Sector Disp Real Estate
Sector Key real-estate
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 87,055,016
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0355
Shares Short 3,601,102
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,517,388
Short Name Lamar Advertising Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.088
Short Ratio 5.34
Source Interval 15
State LA
Symbol LAMR
Target High Price 170.0
Target Low Price 150.0
Target Mean Price 158.6
Target Median Price 160.0
Total Cash 39,273,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.387
Total Debt 4,955,556,864
Total Revenue 2,288,613,888
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 6.25
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.039750684
Trailing Eps 5.43
Trailing P E 28.955801
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 134.38885
Two Hundred Day Average Change 22.84114
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.16996306
Type Disp Equity
Volume 480,127
Website https://www.lamar.com
Zip 70,808