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Lamar Advertising Co (Lamar Advertising Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.41% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Lamar Advertising Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15,446 Mil. Lamar Advertising Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $681 Mil. Lamar Advertising Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.41%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lamar Advertising Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

LAMR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.53   Med: 4.08   Max: 6.29
Current: 4.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Lamar Advertising Co was 6.29%. The lowest was 2.53%. And the median was 4.08%.

LAMR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
62.53% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.84 vs LAMR: 4.28

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Lamar Advertising Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.52%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Lamar Advertising Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lamar Advertising Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lamar Advertising Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.93 3.12 3.07 4.13 4.41

Lamar Advertising Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.13 3.95 4.03 4.55 4.41

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Lamar Advertising Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lamar Advertising Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Lamar Advertising Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lamar Advertising Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Lamar Advertising Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Lamar Advertising Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=681.13/15446.30848
=4.41 %

Lamar Advertising Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $681 Mil.



Lamar Advertising Co  (NAS:LAMR) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Lamar Advertising Co (Lamar Advertising Co) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5321 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 70808
Lamar Advertising Co is an outdoor advertising company organized as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Lamar's core revenue-generating activity is leasing space for advertising on billboards, buses, shelters, benches, logo plates, and airport terminals through short-term agreements. The company is involved in this process from ad copy production to the placement and maintenance of physical advertisements. The vast majority of Lamar's revenue comes from renting ad space on its portfolio of static and digital roadside billboard displays in the U.S. The states of Pennsylvania and Texas house a proportion of these. The company's customers are restaurant, service, healthcare, and retail firms in terms of total revenue.
Executives
Jay Lecoryelle Johnson officer: CFO, Treasurer, EVP C/O DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY, 2 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1400, BETHESDA MD 20814
Nancy Fletcher director 5321 CORPORATE BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Thomas V Reifenheiser director C/O LAMAR CORP, 5551 CORPORATE BLVD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Wendell Reilly director C/O BERMAN CAPITAL ADVISORS, 3475 LENOX RD. STE. 760, ATLANTA GA 30326
Koerner John E Iii director 200 WEST CONGRESS STREET, LAFAYETTE LA 70501
Anna Reilly director C/O LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY, 5321 CORPORATE BLVD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Stephen P Mumblow director 790 TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD, YARDLEY PA 19067
Elizabeth Mary Thompson director 5321 CORPORATE BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Keith A Istre officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LAMAR CORP, 5321 CORPORATE BLVD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Sean E Reilly officer: Chief Operating Officer 5321 CORPORATE BLVD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Marshall A Loeb director C/O EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., 190 EAST CAPITOL STREET, JACKSON MS 39201
John Maxwell Hamilton director C/O LAMAR CORP, 5551 CORPORATE BLVD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Reilly Kevin P Jr director, officer: President and CEO C/O LAMAR CORP, 5321 CORPORATE BLVD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Spo Advisory Corp 10 percent owner PO BOX 2722, C/O SPO PARTNERS & CO, SAN ANSELMO CA 94979
Abrams Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 21ST FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116