Lamar Advertising Financial Ratios
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Lamar Advertising ratio analysis
Lamar Advertising earned a net margin of 25.9% in FY 2025, up from 16.4% a year earlier. Gross margin was 67.0% compared with a median of 66.4% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 57.3%, meaning Lamar Advertising generated 0.57 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity, an unusually high figure that often reflects a small equity base after share buybacks.
Debt-to-equity stood at 3.34 versus 3.06 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.58. At the end of FY 2025, LAMR traded at 21.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 21.5 to 34.6, with a median of 22.5. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Lamar Advertising financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 21.51 | 34.56 | 21.91 | 21.90 | 31.67 | 34.53 | 23.99 | 22.09 | 22.98 | 22.05 |
| Price / sales | 5.56 | 5.64 | 5.13 | 4.72 | 6.86 | 5.34 | 5.08 | 4.13 | 4.72 | 4.35 |
| Price / book | 12.30 | 11.87 | 8.90 | 8.02 | 10.08 | 6.97 | 7.55 | 5.94 | 6.59 | 6.11 |
| Gross margin | 67.0% | 67.0% | 67.0% | 67.2% | 67.7% | 64.5% | 66.4% | 65.5% | 64.9% | 65.0% |
| Operating margin | 34.2% | 24.1% | 32.0% | 28.4% | 29.2% | 26.1% | 29.5% | 28.3% | 29.5% | 29.3% |
| Net margin | 25.9% | 16.4% | 23.5% | 21.6% | 21.7% | 15.5% | 21.2% | 18.8% | 20.6% | 19.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 30.1% | 33.9% | 28.7% | 30.2% | 34.0% | 32.4% | 27.9% | 27.5% | 25.8% | 27.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 57.3% | 34.5% | 40.7% | 36.7% | 31.9% | 20.2% | 31.5% | 27.0% | 28.8% | 27.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 8.5% | 5.5% | 7.6% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 4.2% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 7.7% |
| Debt / equity | 3.34 | 3.06 | 2.75 | 2.77 | 2.48 | 2.40 | 2.52 | 2.55 | 2.32 | 2.20 |
| Current ratio | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.46 | 0.80 | 1.29 | 1.13 |
| Revenue growth | 2.7% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 13.7% | 13.9% | -10.5% | 7.8% | 5.6% | 2.7% | — |
| EPS growth | 63.9% | -27.4% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 58.9% | -35.0% | 20.5% | -4.6% | 5.9% | 12.1% |