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Lamar Advertising LAMR Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$528.0M+4.5%
Gross profit$344.7M+5.9%
Operating income$146.1M-23.6%
Net income$101.3M-27.0%
EPS (diluted)$1.00-25.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$39.3M+8.7%
Total debt$5.0B+8.9%
Total equity$981.7M-4.8%
Total assets$6.9B+5.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$147.4M+15.4%
CapEx$33.1M+10.9%
Free cash flow$114.3M+16.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.19B+10.2%
Enterprise value$20.1B+9.8%
P/E27.6×-4.9×
P/S6.6×+0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin67.2%+0.3pp
Operating margin31.8%+4.8pp
Net margin24%+4.9pp
FCF margin30.6%-4.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity54.6%+16.4pp
Debt / equity+0.6×
Current ratio0.6×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Lamar Advertising’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Lamar Advertising’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lamar Advertising's return on assets?
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) reported return on assets of 8.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Lamar Advertising's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Lamar Advertising's return on assets increased by 26.0% year-over-year, from 6.5% to 8.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Lamar Advertising's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Lamar Advertising's return on assets has grown at a 15.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.1% to 8.7%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.