Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) reported Operating Expenses of $399.9 million for Q4 2025, down 26.35% year-over-year from $542.9 million in Q4 2024, and up 0.86% quarter-over-quarter from $396.5 million in Q3 2025.

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $399.9 million in Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $399.9 million, down 26.35% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $1.5 billion (down 10.92% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.5 billion, down 10.92% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses grew to $399.9 million in Q4 2025 per LAMR's latest filing, from $396.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $542.9 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at $282.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $366.2 million and a median of $359.3 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Expenses jumped 49.07% in 2024, then dropped 26.35% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $344.6 million in 2021, then grew by 23.45% to $425.5 million in 2022, then slipped by 14.4% to $364.2 million in 2023, then jumped by 49.07% to $542.9 million in 2024, then slipped by 26.35% to $399.9 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LAMR's Operating Expenses at $399.9 million in Q4 2025, $396.5 million in Q3 2025, and $381.6 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Equinix 104.53 Bn 101.50 Bn 2.20 Bn 1.87 Bn
2 American Tower 86.20 Bn 92.70 Bn 2.70 Bn 1.50 Bn
3 Digital Realty Trust 63.76 Bn 62.92 Bn - 1.37 Bn
4 Crown Castle 38.57 Bn 38.52 Bn 984.00 Mn 545.00 Mn
5 Iron Mountain 37.41 Bn 37.43 Bn 1.05 Bn 1.54 Bn
6 Sba Communications 20.70 Bn 20.79 Bn 532.10 Mn 128.53 Mn
7 Weyerhaeuser 17.74 Bn 17.44 Bn 318.00 Mn 120.00 Mn
8 Lamar Advertising 15.68 Bn 15.63 Bn 403.56 Mn 399.87 Mn
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.22 Bn 13.62 Bn - 86.64 Mn
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn 373.70 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 399.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 396.46 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 381.63 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 314.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 542.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 377.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 381.02 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 373.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 364.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 354.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 364.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 352.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 425.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 346.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 351.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 330.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 344.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 343.56 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 296.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 281.96 Mn