Company Analysis

OUTFRONT Media Inc. (OUT)

NYSE: OUT · Real Estate Investment Trusts · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade5.3
◀ Past 5.7● Present 4.9▶ Future 5.4

The grade of OUTFRONT Media Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past5.725% of the headline
● Present4.945% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 174 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 31% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.1%bottom 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 28% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak30.6%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.3% a year. 73% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 17 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 2.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 73% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 17 sales (10 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02, buying about $127 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.9/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 21%: 21¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 87%: owes 87¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 171 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, OUTFRONT Media Inc. earned about 21 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 87 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 8% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 157 in its family; net margin 8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 22% by size; a net margin of 8% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 1.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 27% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.83Btop 22% of its family
  • net margin8.0%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.1%bottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 20% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 20th percentile among 160 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Brien, Nicolas (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-02-24, 1.7 years (bottom 12% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (bottom 26%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 22%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 22% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.2 yearsbottom 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.7 yearsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 26% of 146 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 26th percentile among 146 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $100 million against debt of $2.6 billion leaves -46.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.9% of revenue (bottom 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-46.8%bottom 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.9%bottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 44% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 153 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.1% a year over the last three filed years against 2.1% over all 10, slowing (top 49% of its family); the newest year grew 0% (bottom 35%); capital spending grew -0.4% a year (bottom 48%) (its annual reports). OUTFRONT Media Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Billboard Operating at $1.4 billion, Transit Operating at $431 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 76% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.0 points a yeartop 49% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.0%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-0.4%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 25% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

OUTFRONT Media Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.6% below the $1.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 46% of its family); net income of $147 million against a prior three-year average of $8 million (top 3%); a net margin of 8% against -0.4% before (top 26%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.6%top 46% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+8.4 pointstop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton OUT · research, not advice