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Lamar Advertising Earnings Cheat Sheet: Narrows Loss As Revenues Rise

May 04 2011 Tweet Email This

Lamar Advertising Company’s (NASDAQ:LAMR) first quarter loss narrowed, beating estimates. Lamar Advertising Company is an outdoor advertising company in the United States that operates three types of outdoor advertising displays: billboards, logo signs and transit advertising displays.

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Lamar Advertising Company Earnings Cheat Sheet for the First Quarter

Results: Loss narrowed to $13.2 million (loss of 14 cents/diluted share) from $24.8 million (loss of 27 cents/share) in the same quarter a year earlier.

Revenue: Rose 4.5% to $255.2 million YoY.

Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: LAMR beat the mean analyst estimate of a loss of 21 cents/share. Estimates ranged from a loss of 19 cents per share to a loss of 22 cents per share.

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