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Can Mediocrity Serve as Competition Camouflage?

May 23, 2011 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: CCO , LAMR

I've been thinking for a couple weeks about companies that fly under the radar in run of the mill industries making reasonable but not explosive profits. Do businesses like these prevent others from entering because their growth isn't dynamic or their business plan isn't unique? Do these businesses have an advantage because they aren't on the front page or marketed as the next big thing? One example: CCO. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. The irony here is that you see them everywhere. They also happen to be trading up 62% in the past year.

Yahoo Finance Description:

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., an outdoor advertising company, owns and operates advertising display faces worldwide. It provides advertising through billboards, street furniture displays, transit displays, and other out-of-home advertising displays, such as wallscapes, spectaculars, neons, and mall displays. The company serves retail, telecommunications, banking and financial services, gambling and amusement, food and food products, and automotive industries. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated approximately 834,000 advertising displays. The company is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=CCO+Profile

Can you think of another company like this?