Lamar Advertising LAMR Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 67.2%+0.2pp | 67%0.0pp | 67.1%+0.1pp | 67%+0.1pp | 66.9%-0.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 31.8%-2.3pp | 34.2%+6.8pp | 27.3%-0.1pp | 27.5%+0.4pp | 27%+2.9pp | |
| Net margin | 24%-1.9pp | 25.9%+6.6pp | 19.3%-0.4pp | 19.8%+0.6pp | 19.1%+2.7pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 46.3%-2.3pp | 48.6%0.0pp | 48.5%+0.1pp | 48.4%+0.3pp | 48.1%+3.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 30.6%+0.4pp | 30.1%-1.5pp | 31.6%-0.8pp | 32.4%-2.1pp | 34.6%+0.6pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 54.6%-2.0pp | 56.7%+18.1pp | 38.5%-3.3pp | 41.9%+3.6pp | 38.2%+6.2pp | |
| Return on assets | 8.2%-0.5pp | 8.7%+2.2pp | 6.5%-0.1pp | 6.6%+0.2pp | 6.5%+1.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 12.5%-0.6pp | 13.1%+2.9pp | 10.2%-0.2pp | 10.4%+0.2pp | 10.1%+0.9pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 5×+0.2× | 4.8×+0.2× | 4.6×-0.7× | 5.3×+0.8× | 4.4×+0.1× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.6×+0.2× | 4.4×0.0× | 4.4×0.0× | 4.4×+0.1× | 4.2×-0.3× | |
| Interest coverage | 4.5×-0.3× | 4.8×+1.0× | 3.8×+0.1× | 3.8×+0.2× | 3.6×+0.5× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $9.68-4.0% | $10.08-2.3% | $10.32+15.7% | $8.92-11.1% | $10.04-1.8% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $12.83B+0.1% | $12.82B+3.5% | $12.39B-0.5% | $12.45B+6.9% | $11.65B-6.5% | |
| Enterprise value | $17.75B+0.4% | $17.67B+3.0% | $17.16B-0.1% | $17.17B+6.2% | $16.17B-4.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 23.3×+1.5× | 21.8×-6.7× | 28.5×+0.2× | 28.3×+0.8× | 27.5×-6.8× | |
| Price / sales | 5.6×0.0× | 5.7×+0.1× | 5.5×-0.1× | 5.6×+0.3× | 5.3×-0.4× | |
| Price / book | 13.1×+0.6× | 12.5×+0.7× | 11.8×-1.9× | 13.7×+2.4× | 11.3×-0.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.8×+0.7× | 16.1×+0.4× | 15.7×-0.2× | 15.9×+0.7× | 15.2×-1.9× | |
| EV / sales | 7.8×0.0× | 7.8×+0.2× | 7.6×-0.1× | 7.7×+0.4× | 7.3×-0.4× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.5%+0.1pp | 5.3%-0.4pp | 5.7%-0.1pp | 5.8%-0.8pp | 6.6%+0.6pp | |
| Earnings yield | 4.3%-0.3pp | 4.6%+1.1pp | 3.5%0.0pp | 3.5%-0.1pp | 3.6%+0.7pp | |
| Dividend yield | 5.1%0.0pp | 5.1%-0.1pp | 5.2%+0.1pp | 5.1%-0.1pp | 5.2%+0.5pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.8×+0.4× | 0.4×— | —— | —— | —— |
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- What are Lamar Advertising's profit margins?
- Lamar Advertising (LAMR) runs a 67.2% gross margin and a 31.8% operating margin, with a 24.0% net margin.
- Where do Lamar Advertising's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Lamar Advertising's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
