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LAMR (Lamar Advertising Co) Operating Income : $525 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Lamar Advertising Co Operating Income?

Lamar Advertising Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $121 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $525 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Lamar Advertising Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $121 Mil. Lamar Advertising Co's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $505 Mil. Therefore, Lamar Advertising Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 24.03%.

Warning Sign:

Lamar Advertising Co operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.1%.

Lamar Advertising Co's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was -1.10% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Lamar Advertising Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 6.45%. Lamar Advertising Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 50.70%.


Lamar Advertising Co Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lamar Advertising Co's Operating Income 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 Operating Income Chart

Lamar Advertising Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Operating Income
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Lamar Advertising Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 122.41 183.40 184.08 36.09 121.45

Lamar Advertising Co Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $525 Mil.

* 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.


Lamar Advertising Co  (NAS:LAMR) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Lamar Advertising Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2024 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2025 ))/ count )
=485.792 * ( 1 - 9.46% )/( (6800.63 + 6833.395)/ 2 )
=439.8360768/6817.0125
=6.45 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=6586.549 - 139.125 - ( 49.461 - max(0, 778.474 - 425.268+49.461))
=6800.63

Invested Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=6547.175 - 25.756 - ( 36.117 - max(0, 717.291 - 405.315+36.117))
=6833.395

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Lamar Advertising Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Dec. 2024  Q: Mar. 2025
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=768.42/( ( (2964.371 + max(66.578, 0)) + (0 + max(-153.729, 0)) )/ 2 )
=768.42/( ( 3030.949 + 0 )/ 2 )
=768.42/1515.4745
=50.70 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(334.798 + 0 + 41.009) - (139.125 + 153.7 + 16.404)
=66.578

Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(308.135 + 0 + 61.063) - (25.756 + 0 + 497.171)
=-153.729

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Lamar Advertising Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=121.448/505.43
=24.03 %

* 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.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Lamar Advertising Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5321 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 70808
Lamar Advertising Co is an outdoor advertising companies in the United States and operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust. It rent space for advertising on billboards, buses, shelters, benches, logo plates and in airport terminals and also offer customers a fully integrated service with all aspects of their display requirements from ad copy production to placement and maintenance. It has two operating segments: billboard and Others. Key revenue is generated from Billboard segment.
Executives
Nancy Fletcher director 5321 CORPORATE BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE LA 70808
Koerner John E Iii director 200 WEST CONGRESS STREET, LAFAYETTE LA 70501
Jay Lecoryelle Johnson officer: CFO, Treasurer, EVP C/O DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY, 2 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1400, BETHESDA MD 20814
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
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