Lamar Advertising Co/New (LAMR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Lamar Advertising's Operating Margin was 33.72% in Q2 2026, down 0.40 percentage points from 34.12% a year earlier but up 6.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lamar Advertising Co/New (LAMR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Lamar Advertising's Operating Margin was 31.78% through Jun 30, 2026, up 4.31 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 34.16%, up 10.05 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +8.02 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Operating Margin was 24.11% in FY2024 (-7.89 pp), 32.00% in FY2023 (+3.55 pp), 28.44% in FY2022 (-0.72 pp) and 29.16% in FY2021 (+3.02 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between 6.32% (Q4 2024) and 37.84% (Q1 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.02 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 26.58 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2024 (a drop of 28.16 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, LAMR's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 27.66% (Q1 2026), 32.90% (Q4 2025) and 32.29% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 33.72% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 27.66% |
| 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% |
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Lamar Advertising Co/New Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LAMR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "LAMR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LAMR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();