A share price of Lamar Advertising Co [LAMR] is currently trading at $124.56, down -0.82%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LAMR shares have gain 1.34% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.79%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Lamar Advertising Co [NASDAQ: LAMR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 29, 2025, when Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $135 for it. Previously, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock with Equal Weight rating on September 19, 2024, and set its price target to $132. On July 16, 2024, TD Cowen initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $135 on the stock. Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $122 on July 11, 2024. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and reduced its price target to $108 on July 07, 2022. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on June 10, 2022, and downed its price target to $103. In a note dated March 29, 2022, Wolfe Research initiated an Peer Perform rating and provided a target price of $131 on this stock.
Lamar Advertising Co experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $99.84 and $139.60. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $103 within the next 12 months. Lamar Advertising Co [NASDAQ: LAMR] shares were valued at $124.56 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -17.31% based on the average LAMR price forecast.
Analyzing the LAMR fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Lamar Advertising Co [NASDAQ:LAMR] were 2.21B which represents 1.46% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.67% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.27%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.36 and Total Capital is 0.1. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.11.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Lamar Advertising Co [NASDAQ:LAMR] is 0.57. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.57, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.76, the price to book ratio is 12.38 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.30.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Fletcher Nancy, Director, that happened on Feb 24 ’25 when 235.0 shares were purchased.
