If You Invested $10K In Lamar Advertising Stock 10 Years Ago, How Much Would You Have Now?

Lamar Advertising Company LAMR operates as an outdoor advertising company in the U.S. and Canada.

It is set to report its Q1 2025 earnings on May 1. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post EPS of $1.09, up from $0.76 in the year-ago period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $539.19 million, up from $498.15 million a year earlier.

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If You Bought Lamar Advertising Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $59.06 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 169 shares. Currently, shares trade at $113.57, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $19,230 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Lamar Advertising also paid dividends during these 10 years. 

Lamar Advertising's dividend yield is currently 5.46%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $40.28 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $6,820 from dividends alone. 

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Summing up $19,230 and $6,820, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $26,050. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Lamar Advertising stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 160.5%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 223.6%.

What Could The Next 10 Years Bring? 

Lamar Advertising has a consensus rating of "Neutral" and a price target of $132.33 based on the ratings of six analysts. The price target implies more than 16% potential upside from the current stock price.

On Feb. 20, the company announced its Q4 2024 earnings, posting revenues of $579.567 million, missing the consensus estimate of $583.190 million, as reported by Benzinga.

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“Our revenue growth accelerated in the fourth quarter, aided by strength in political, local and programmatic. This allowed us to deliver full-year AFFO of $7.99 per share, above the top end of our revised guidance range,” said CEO Sean Reilly. “For 2025, we anticipate further growth in diluted AFFO, to a range of $8.13 to $8.28 per share.”

Given the expected upside potential, growth-focused investors may find Lamar Advertising stock attractive. Furthermore, they can benefit from the company's solid dividend yield of 5.46%.

Check out this article by Benzinga for three more stocks offering high dividend yields. 

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