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Outfront Media Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Outfront Media Inc. had return on equity of 21.6%, an operating margin of 16.0%, debt equal to 366.0% of equity and a current ratio of 0.92. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin15.7%18.5%13.5%5.7%13.5%15.9%14.6%17.3%5.9%11.5%15.9%−13.9%23.2%16.0%20.5%
Net margin8.8%11.1%22.7%−1.9%6.0%8.3%6.7%7.9%−4.9%2.4%8.1%−23.4%14.1%8.0%12.7%
Free-cash-flow margin20.1%17.0%14.7%15.5%15.0%11.7%8.2%10.5%6.2%1.7%9.3%9.2%12.1%11.9%15.7%
Return on equity——21.2%−2.2%7.4%10.4%9.4%12.8%−5.9%3.7%13.2%−48.0%42.1%21.6%34.9%
Return on assets3.3%4.2%8.4%−0.8%2.4%3.3%2.8%3.0%−1.1%0.6%2.4%−7.3%4.8%2.8%4.6%
Asset turnover0.370.380.370.390.400.400.420.390.220.250.300.310.340.350.37
Current ratio—1.491.391.551.501.251.070.671.821.530.710.670.740.920.67
Debt to equity——152.1%183.2%173.3%188.4%209.4%221.0%277.3%269.5%222.2%474.9%385.2%366.0%364.8%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)——2.2x0.8x1.8x2.1x1.9x2.3x0.6x1.3x2.1xn/m———
Effective tax rate44.5%40.7%——5.9%3.3%4.5%7.5%—−10.8%6.2%—4.1%1.4%1.1%
SG&A as % of revenue14.2%15.4%16.6%17.1%17.5%17.2%20.6%20.9%25.5%25.2%23.8%23.6%24.5%24.1%23.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.8%4.7%4.7%3.9%3.9%4.7%5.1%5.0%4.3%5.0%5.1%4.8%4.3%4.8%4.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income227.2%153.4%64.7%—250.5%141.9%122.3%133.5%—70.2%115.1%—85.6%148.8%124.0%
Dividends ÷ net income0.0%0.0%79.1%—207.5%160.4%189.0%148.5%—161.5%144.2%—80.7%143.1%86.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.0%122.2%83.9%82.8%113.1%154.5%111.3%97.4%230.0%125.3%123.7%94.3%96.1%69.6%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Moat

37 /100

Weak moat

How hard Outfront Media's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 1 / 20

    Net income has been a median 2.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 4 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 14.1%; its worst year was -14.0%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 10.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 20.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Outfront Media Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Outfront Media Inc.