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Note 14 - Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements  
Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

NOTE 14.

LEASES

 

We enter into operating lease contracts primarily for land and office space. Agreements are evaluated at inception to determine whether such arrangements contain a lease. Operating leases include land lease contracts and contracts for the use of office space.

 

Right of use assets, which we refer to as “ROU assets,” represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the respective lease term. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Certain of our operating lease agreements include rental payments based on a percentage of revenue and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflationary changes. Percentage rent contracts, in which lease expense is calculated as a percentage of advertising revenue, and payments due to changes in inflationary adjustments are included within variable rent expense, which is accounted for separately from periodic straight-line lease expense.

 

Many of our leases entered into in connection with land provide options to extend the terms of the agreements. Generally, renewal periods are included in minimum lease payments when calculating the lease liabilities as, for most leases, we consider exercise of such options to be reasonably certain. As a result, optional terms and payments are included within the lease liability. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

 

The implicit rate within our lease agreements is generally not determinable. As such, we use the incremental borrowing rate, which we refer to as “IBR,” to determine the present value of lease payments at the commencement of the lease. The IBR, as defined in ASC 842, is “the rate of interest that a lessee would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment.” 

 

Operating Lease Cost

 

Operating lease cost for the years ended  December 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:

 

  

Year Ended

  

Year Ended

  
  

Ended

  

Ended

  
  

December 31, 2024

  

December 31, 2023

 

Statement of Operations Classification

          

Lease cost

 $8,644,098  $8,615,322 

Cost of billboard revenues and general and administrative

Variable and short-term lease cost

  2,854,938   2,429,724 

Cost of billboard revenues and general and administrative

          

Total Lease Cost

 $11,499,036  $11,045,046  

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases was as follows:

 

  

Year Ended

  

Year Ended

 
  

Ended

  

Ended

 
  

December 31, 2024

  

December 31, 2023

 
         

Cash payments for operating leases

 $8,402,005  $8,312,237 

New operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities

 $3,911,148  $1,843,316 

 

Operating Lease Assets and Liabilities

 

  

December 31, 2024

  

December 31, 2023

 

Balance Sheet Classification

          

Lease assets

 $59,742,166  $61,399,460 

Other Assets: Right of use assets

          

Current lease liabilities

 $5,333,611  $5,085,221 

Current Liabilities: Lease liabilities

Noncurrent lease liabilities

  54,994,879   56,438,308 

Long-term Liabilities: Lease liabilities

          

Total Lease Liabilities

 $60,328,490  $61,523,529  

 

Maturity of Operating Lease Liabilities

 

  

December 31, 2024

 
     

2025

 $8,302,957 

2026

  7,864,961 

2027

  7,550,960 

2028

  7,175,906 

2029

  6,336,586 

Thereafter

  53,849,888 
     

Total lease payments

  91,081,258 

Less imputed interest

  (30,752,768)
     

Present Value of Lease Liabilities

 $60,328,490 

 

As of  December 31, 2024 our operating leases have a weighted-average remaining lease term of 16.04 years and a weighted-average discount rate of 5.1%.