Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from 32.29% in Q3 2025.

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 32.9% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 2658.0% year-over-year to 32.9% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 34.16% (up 1005.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 34.16%, up 1005.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin advanced to 32.9% in Q4 2025 per LAMR's latest filing, from 32.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 37.84% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 6.32% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 32.44% (2024), against an average of 29.53%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Margin slumped 2816 bps; it then jumped 2658 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing LAMR's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 30.32% in 2021, then plunged by 32 bps to 20.55% in 2022, then surged by 68 bps to 34.49% in 2023, then tumbled by 82 bps to 6.32% in 2024, then jumped by 420 bps to 32.9% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest LAMR Operating Margin figures stand at 32.9% (Q4 2025), 32.29% (Q3 2025), and 34.12% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Equinix 106.10 Bn 103.07 Bn 2.20 Bn 23.61%
2 American Tower 85.70 Bn 92.20 Bn 2.70 Bn 45.27%
3 Digital Realty Trust 67.00 Bn 66.16 Bn - 16.38%
4 Crown Castle 40.17 Bn 40.12 Bn 984.00 Mn 46.04%
5 Iron Mountain 37.80 Bn 37.83 Bn 1.05 Bn 20.41%
6 Sba Communications 21.99 Bn 22.08 Bn 532.10 Mn 48.74%
7 Weyerhaeuser 16.98 Bn 16.68 Bn 318.00 Mn 14.30%
8 Lamar Advertising 15.51 Bn 15.46 Bn 403.56 Mn 32.90%
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.46 Bn 13.86 Bn - 79.37%
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.85 Bn 5.81 Bn 202.10 Mn 13.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Dec 31, 2020 32.96%
Sep 30, 2020 27.42%
Jun 30, 2020 19.11%
Mar 31, 2020 23.75%
Dec 31, 2019 30.56%
Sep 30, 2019 30.90%
Jun 30, 2019 32.11%
Mar 31, 2019 23.61%
Dec 31, 2018 -61.60%
Sep 30, 2018 30.67%
Jun 30, 2018 32.33%
Mar 31, 2018 18.25%
Dec 31, 2017 -55.45%
Sep 30, 2017 32.98%
Jun 30, 2017 32.28%
Mar 31, 2017 21.79%
Dec 31, 2016 29.83%
Sep 30, 2016 30.91%
Jun 30, 2016 30.21%
Mar 31, 2016 25.65%
Dec 31, 2015 -50.18%
Sep 30, 2015 31.83%
Jun 30, 2015 28.86%
Mar 31, 2015 22.23%
Dec 31, 2014 26.27%
Sep 30, 2014 25.68%
Jun 30, 2014 22.10%
Mar 31, 2014 10.93%
Dec 31, 2013 19.93%
Sep 30, 2013 20.93%
Jun 30, 2013 22.37%
Mar 31, 2013 6.89%
Dec 31, 2012 -48.31%
Sep 30, 2012 20.52%
Jun 30, 2012 21.41%
Mar 31, 2012 9.69%
Dec 31, 2011 -47.22%
Sep 30, 2011 18.68%
Jun 30, 2011 20.26%
Mar 31, 2011 10.03%
Dec 31, 2010 11.91%
Sep 30, 2010 16.28%
Jun 30, 2010 17.21%
Mar 31, 2010 4.44%
Dec 31, 2009 7.80%
Sep 30, 2009 14.45%
Jun 30, 2009 12.36%