>>> Lamar Advertising Co. (NASDAQ:LAMR) is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based specialty REIT, founded in 1902 with a focus on owning and leasing 363,000 displays throughout the U.S. and Canada, including digital and print billboards, interstate logos and airport advertising formats. Lamar Advertising and Outfront Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) are the only two REITs exclusively devoted to billboard and display advertising.
On Feb. 23, Lamar Advertising reported its fourth-quarter results. FFO of $1.46 per share beat the estimate of $1.35 per share and was 124.62% better than its fourth-quarter 2022 FFO of $0.65 per share. Revenue of $555.91 million topped the estimate of $547.66 million and also bested its revenue of fourth-quarter 2022 revenue of $535.51 million.
On Feb. 26, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne maintained an Equal-Weight rating on Lamar and increased the price target from $105 to $110. The same day, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Richard Close maintained a Neutral rating on Lamar and raised the price target from $92 to $109.
Lamar pays a quarterly dividend of $1.30 per share, and the annualized $5.20 dividend yields 4.52%. Its total three- and five-year returns are 34% and 67.52%, respectively.
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