Lamar Advertising Corporate expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) decreased by 0.2% to $31.71M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.7%, from $31.17M to $31.71M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Corporate expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) shows an upward trend with a 7.8% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase relative to total revenue may indicate rising corporate overhead or non-operational costs that do not contribute directly to growth.
Corporate expenses represent centralized costs incurred at the headquarters level that are not allocated to specific bus...
Standard for large, multi-unit organizations; peers often track this to monitor corporate cost discipline.
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| Value | $20.64M | $26.03M | $29.15M | $22.01M | $27.59M | $24.47M | $28.42M | $28.53M | $28.56M | $24.25M | $24.69M | $35.70M | $33.05M | $31.35M | $29.04M | $31.17M | $31.61M | $31.62M | $31.76M | $31.71M |
| QoQ Change | — | +26.1% | +12.0% | -24.5% | +25.3% | -11.3% | +16.1% | +0.4% | +0.1% | -15.1% | +1.8% | +44.6% | -7.4% | -5.1% | -7.4% | +7.3% | +1.4% | +0.0% | +0.4% | -0.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +33.7% | -6.0% | -2.5% | +29.6% | +3.5% | -0.9% | -13.1% | +25.2% | +15.7% | +29.3% | +17.6% | -12.7% | -4.4% | +0.9% | +9.4% | +1.7% |