Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR) 35.63 -0.48

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Last Trade:34.93Short Ratio:8.60
Last Trade Time:4:00pmDay Range:34.77 - 35.76
Ask:35.63Year Range:7.97 - 36.01
Bid:34.23One Year Target:30.71
Open:35.42Exchange:NasdaqNM
Volume:861752EBITDA:448.4M
Prev. Close:35.41Market Cap:3.213B
50 Day Moving:30.8778Div Yield:
200 day moving:28.8645PE:

Notable Services Stock Gainers (GES, DENN, LAMR, JACK)

(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 18, 2010 ) Dallas, Tx - Following were among the companies from Services Sector whose shares were actively traded in Wednesday's session. Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ:LAMR) rose 6.13% to $35.69 on 2.26 million shares. The stock is up over 399% in the last one year of trading sessions.

Lamar Advertising: The Trend Continues Higher (LAMR)

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ: LAMR) on February 22, 2010 at $30.75. In approximately 3 weeks, Lamar Advertising has returned 11.2% as of today's recent price of $34.18.

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Analyst Upgrades for February 26th

Analyst Upgrades for 2/26/2010... AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman... China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank...

Lamar Advertising Company Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2009 Operating Results

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces the Company’s operating results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009.

Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (LAMR, BPOP, PCX, GTI, LSTZA)

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ: LAMR) was upgraded by Wedbush Morgan from “underperform” to “neutral.” LAMR’s shares gained 1.01% to $30.09 at 9:38 am. The trailing-twelve-months gross margins at LAMR are 62.16%. Read more about this company here.

Analyst Upgrades for February 23th

Analyst Upgrades for 2/23/2010... Calpine (NYSE: CPN) upgraded to Buy, $14 target, from Neutral at UBS... Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) initiated as Buy at UBS... China Life Insurance (NYSE: LFC) upgraded to Neutral at HSBC...