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Lamar Advertising LAMR Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin67.2%+0.3pp67%0.0pp67.1%+0.2pp67%+0.1pp66.9%-0.1pp
Operating margin31.8%+4.8pp34.2%+10.1pp27.3%-4.1pp27.5%-4.4pp27%-4.8pp
Net margin24%+4.9pp25.9%+9.5pp19.3%-4.1pp19.8%-3.6pp19.1%-4.2pp
EBITDA margin46.3%-1.8pp48.6%+3.5pp48.5%+3.4pp48.4%+2.8pp48.1%+2.4pp
Free cash flow margin30.6%-4.0pp30.1%-3.8pp31.6%-1.4pp32.4%-0.2pp34.6%+5.6pp
Returns
Return on equity54.6%+16.4pp56.7%+24.6pp38.5%-4.2pp41.9%-0.8pp38.2%-4.2pp
Return on assets8.2%+1.7pp8.7%+3.2pp6.5%-1.3pp6.6%-1.1pp6.5%-1.2pp
Return on invested capital12.5%+2.4pp13.1%+3.8pp10.2%-1.6pp10.4%-1.4pp10.1%-1.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×+0.2×0.6×+0.2×
Quick ratio0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×+0.2×0.6×+0.2×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity+0.6×4.8×+0.5×4.6×+0.8×5.3×+1.4×4.4×+0.5×
Debt-to-assets0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA4.6×+0.4×4.4×-0.1×4.4×-0.2×4.4×-0.3×4.2×-0.5×
Interest coverage4.5×+0.9×4.8×+1.7×3.8×-0.1×3.8×-0.1×3.6×-0.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$9.68-3.6%$10.08-1.3%$10.32-12.7%$8.92-23.6%$10.04-13.1%
Valuation
Market capitalization$12.83B+10.2%$12.82B+2.9%$12.39B-9.3%$12.45B+2.0%$11.65B-4.5%
Enterprise value$17.75B+9.8%$17.67B+4.2%$17.16B-5.6%$17.17B+2.3%$16.17B-3.9%
Price / earnings23.3×-4.2×21.8×-12.5×28.5×+1.8×28.3×+4.1×27.5×+3.0×
Price / sales5.6×+0.3×5.7×0.0×5.5×-0.7×5.6×-0.1×5.3×-0.4×
Price / book13.1×+1.8×12.5×+0.6×11.8×+0.6×13.7×+3.5×11.3×+1.0×
EV / EBITDA16.8×+1.6×16.1×-1.0×15.7×-2.7×15.9×-1.1×15.2×-2.0×
EV / sales7.8×+0.5×7.8×+0.1×7.6×-0.7×7.7×-0.1×7.3×-0.6×
Free cash flow yield5.5%-1.1pp5.3%-0.7pp5.7%+0.5pp5.8%0.0pp6.6%+1.5pp
Earnings yield4.3%+0.6pp4.6%+1.7pp3.5%-0.2pp3.5%-0.6pp3.6%-0.4pp
Dividend yield5.1%-0.1pp5.1%+0.5pp5.2%+1.3pp5.1%+0.8pp5.2%+1.0pp
PEG ratio0.8×0.4×

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Questions, answered.

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.