Lamar Advertising Company

LAMR Real Estate Reit Specialty

Lamar Advertising Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.3 billion, up 2.68% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.65%
EPS
+13.6%
Free cash flow
+35.4%
Total debt
+4.50%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

157.35 1.23 −0.78%
Market cap
$16.0B
P/E
27.8×
Fwd P/E
26.7×
Dividend yield
3.08%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR) Return on equity

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Lamar Advertising Company's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 55.4%, down 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (56.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.4% (fiscal 2020) to 56.6% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Reit Specialty industry median of 4.02% and above the Real Estate sector median of 2.47%.

Return on equity, annual

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Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 56.6% 24.70
FY2024 31.9% (9.16)
FY2023 41.1% 4.75
FY2022 36.3% 4.28
FY2021 32.1% 11.65
FY2020 20.4% (11.76)
FY2019 32.2% 4.88
FY2018 27.3% (1.92)
FY2017 29.2% 0.65
FY2016 28.6% 2.36

Against its own ten years

Low 20.4% High 56.6%
Ten-year median 31.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
LAMR Lamar Advertising Company 55.4%
OUT OUTFRONT Media Inc. compare 39.4%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. compare 18.1%
EPR EPR Properties compare 11.7%
WY Weyerhaeuser Company compare 4.81%
RYN Rayonier Inc. compare 2.02%
SBAC SBA Communications Corporation compare −20.2%
CCI Crown Castle Inc. compare −33.4%
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated compare −52.5%
Reit Specialty industry median 4.02%
Real Estate sector median 2.47%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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