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Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)

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An outdoor advertising company that operates three types of outdoor advertising displays: billboards, logo signs and transit advertising displays.

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Nasdaq 100 (85), Growth (1902), Media (159), Distressed (1597), Cyclical (3415), Aggressive Growth (860), Small Cap (1645), Consumer Discretionary (795)
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Lamar Advertising Company At A Glance

Current Price: $28.20
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $28.14
Previous Close: $27.20
Daily Range: $28.11 - $28.69
52-Week Range: $5.35 - $34.09
Volume: 1,202,413
Market Cap: $2.59B
P/E Ratio: 185.00
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Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)

Avatar TD90069 (50.75) Submitted: 2/03/07 7:31 PM

Digital outdoor advertising leader. Third place company behind Clear Channel and CBS (Viacom). Industry moving towards digital replacement.

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Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)

Avatar Slbrown99 (28.55) Submitted: 7/17/09 2:38 PM

This company is strapped with debt and declining financials. The recent run up was due to a short interest that was greater than the company float. I see this company returning to the $5-7 level.

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Avatar jamespeer (96.83) Submitted: 12/17/09 1:38 PM : Underperform Start Price: $31.45 LAMR Score: 5.21

I think outdoor and billboard advertising is losing a lot of its appeal and demand due to online advertising, and will be almost obsolete in 5 years if not less.

Combine that with an inability to make a profit (although they may stop their losing streak in Q4 due to xmas), a very high P/E, not enough cash, too much debt, and negative cash flow for the last few quarters, and that to me is a recipe for failure...

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Avatar Clint35 (60.02) Submitted: 12/12/09 4:04 AM : Underperform Start Price: $28.57 LAMR Score: -2.86

A one star stock trading near its 52 week high. Also in a tough business (advertising) that probably won't see a turn around any time soon. This would be a good short.

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Avatar tortillatree (67.33) Submitted: 11/25/09 1:08 PM : Underperform Start Price: $29.03 LAMR Score: -0.78

Fewer companies are advertising on billboards for various reasons: 1) companies are going bankrupt...there's less competition for your business 2) money is tight. even though marketing SHOULD be the last thing to go in the budget, it's often the first. 3) advertising rates are going down everywhere...tv, radio, newspapers all want your ad. billboards become less attractive when you have so many other options in the media for less money

Lamar's stock price is 150 times its earnings. Do you really think it's going to grow that fast? Nonsense, it's business is bound to shrink in the near term. So I'm not saying they will fail or go under, no, their business structure is solid, but a fair value for their stock price is about $5-$7 in my opinion. So I'm "selling it" for $29, and I'll "buy it" when it drops back to a fair value.

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Avatar cashsage (32.22) Submitted: 11/24/09 1:42 PM : Underperform Start Price: $28.39 LAMR Score: -2.47

LAMR has an illiquid balance sheet and a too high valuation compared to its sales potential. It is also loss making at least until 2011.

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Avatar TMFmrquakeroats (78.85) Submitted: 9/08/09 9:51 AM : Underperform Start Price: $21.35 LAMR Score: -25.29

Rated one star.

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