Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) reported Operating Margin of 32.9% for Q4 2025, up 2658.0% year-over-year from 1.19% in Q4 2024, and up 1.88% quarter-over-quarter from 32.29% in Q3 2025.
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 32.9% in Q4 2025.
- Operating Margin for Q4 2025 came in at 32.9%, up 2658.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 34.16% (up 1005.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 34.16%, up 1005.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin grew to 32.9% in Q4 2025 per LAMR's latest filing, from 32.29% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 37.84% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 6.32% in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of 29.53% and a median of 32.44% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin plunged 2816 bps in 2024, then soared 2658 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 30.32% in 2021, then slumped by 32 bps to 20.55% in 2022, then jumped by 68 bps to 34.49% in 2023, then sank by 82 bps to 6.32% in 2024, then soared by 420 bps to 32.9% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows LAMR's Operating Margin at 32.9% in Q4 2025, 32.29% in Q3 2025, and 34.12% in Q2 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 32.90% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 32.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 34.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 37.84% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.32% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 33.07% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 32.59% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 25.01% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 34.49% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 34.67% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 32.67% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 20.55% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 34.32% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 32.15% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 26.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 30.32% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 27.96% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 33.48% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 23.98% |