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

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) reported Operating Margin of 34.16% for FY2025, up 41.69% year-over-year from 24.11% in FY2024.

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

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 34.16% in FY2025.

  • 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 advanced to 34.16% in FY2025 per LAMR's latest filing, from 24.11% in the prior year.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 34.16% in FY2025 and troughed at 24.11% in FY2024.
  • A 5-year average of 29.57% and a median of 29.16% in 2021 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin tumbled 789 bps in 2024, then jumped 1005 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 29.16% in 2021, then dropped by 2 bps to 28.44% in 2022, then increased by 12 bps to 32.0% in 2023, then dropped by 25 bps to 24.11% in 2024, then surged by 42 bps to 34.16% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LAMR's Operating Margin at 34.16% in FY2025, 24.11% in FY2024, and 32.0% in FY2023.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Yr)
1 Equinix 103.83 Bn 100.80 Bn 2.20 Bn -
2 American Tower 87.12 Bn 93.62 Bn 2.70 Bn -
3 Digital Realty Trust 63.57 Bn 62.73 Bn - -
4 Crown Castle 40.12 Bn 40.07 Bn 984.00 Mn -
5 Iron Mountain 37.76 Bn 37.79 Bn 1.05 Bn -
6 Sba Communications 21.58 Bn 21.67 Bn 532.10 Mn -
7 Weyerhaeuser 17.92 Bn 17.63 Bn 318.00 Mn -
8 Lamar Advertising 15.66 Bn 15.61 Bn 403.56 Mn 34.16%
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.45 Bn 13.85 Bn - -
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 34.16%
Dec 31, 2024 24.11%
Dec 31, 2023 32.00%
Dec 31, 2022 28.44%
Dec 31, 2021 29.16%
Dec 31, 2020 26.14%
Dec 31, 2019 29.52%
Dec 31, 2018 4.08%
Dec 31, 2017 7.42%
Dec 31, 2016 29.26%
Dec 31, 2015 7.36%
Dec 31, 2014 21.65%
Dec 31, 2013 17.93%
Dec 31, 2012 0.48%
Dec 31, 2011 0.38%
Dec 31, 2010 12.77%
Dec 31, 2009 9.24%