Outfront Media

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REIT - Specialty · Real Estate

Price

$33.21

-0.20 (-0.60%)

Market Cap

$5.85B

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+15.8% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 146.1M (2021) → 169.2M (2025)

Outfront Media is a company that puts up billboards and digital signs in cities and along highways across the United States and Canada. Its main products are large outdoor advertisements — both traditional printed boards and newer digital screens that can change messages quickly. Advertisers like big brands, local businesses, and government agencies pay to display their messages on these signs to reach people as they travel.

Outfront makes money by renting out space on its signs to advertisers, typically through short-term contracts. It operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), meaning it must pay out most of its profits as dividends to shareholders. The company has a large portfolio of over 500,000 displays, giving it scale and long-term leases on prime locations that are hard for competitors to replicate. The main risk is that digital advertising on phones and computers continues to pull ad budgets away from traditional outdoor formats.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+178.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

3.7%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$712M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Outfront Media is growing revenue at 10% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

29.4%

Modest — 29.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

13.2%

Healthy — 13.2% operating margin

ROCE

1.7%

Weak — 1.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.2%

Slow sales growth (3.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

-30.8%

Earnings shrinking (-30.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

187%

Turns 187% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

12.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

4.18

Heavy debt load (4.18)

Interest Cover

1.20x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.2x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

30.8x

Pricey — P/E 30.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+5.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (30.8 → 24.9)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

3.62%

Moderate income — 3.62% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

-27.3%

Dividend cut (-27.3% YoY) — warning sign

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