NASDAQ:SBAC - SBA Communications Stock Price, Forecast & News

SBA Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SBAC."

SBA Communications announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Thursday, December 19th. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 20th. View SBA Communications' Dividend History.

SBA Communications declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

SBA Communications Co. (NASDAQ:SBAC) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 28th. The technology company reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.97 by $1.78. The technology company had revenue of $486.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $497.48 million. SBA Communications had a net margin of 6.89% and a negative return on equity of 4.16%. The company's revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.92 earnings per share. View SBA Communications' Earnings History.

SBA Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for SBA Communications.

10 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for SBA Communications' stock. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $292.00. On average, they expect SBA Communications' share price to reach $248.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for SBA Communications.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SBA Communications in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for SBA Communications.

Media headlines about SBAC stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SBA Communications earned a coverage optimism score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for SBA Communications.

SBA Communications saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,870,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the September 30th total of 1,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 655,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View SBA Communications' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to SBA Communications include CROWN CASTLE IN/SH SH (CCI), Sprint (S), BlackBerry (BB), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Boingo Wireless (WIFI) and Spok (SPOK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SBA Communications investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), CA (CA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), American Tower (AMT), Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (T), Starbucks (SBUX) and CROWN CASTLE IN/SH SH (CCI).

SBA Communications' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.28%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (0.69%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.57%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.51%), TimesSquare Capital Management LLC (0.43%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.36%). Company insiders that own SBA Communications stock include Brendan Thomas Cavanagh, Brian C Carr, Brian D Lazarus, Duncan Cocroft, George R Krouse Jr, Jack Langer, Jason V Silberstein, Jeffrey Stoops, Kevin L Beebe, Kurt L Bagwell, Mark R Ciarfella, Steven E Bernstein and Thomas P Hunt. View Institutional Ownership Trends for SBA Communications.

SBAC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including USS Investment Management Ltd, Millennium Management LLC, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Manning & Napier Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have sold SBA Communications company stock in the last year include Brendan Thomas Cavanagh, Brian C Carr, Brian D Lazarus, Duncan Cocroft, George R Krouse Jr, Jack Langer, Jason V Silberstein, Jeffrey Stoops, Kevin L Beebe, Kurt L Bagwell, Mark R Ciarfella and Steven E Bernstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for SBA Communications.

SBAC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Voya Investment Management LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Zimmer Partners LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Banco Santander S.A.. Company insiders that have bought SBA Communications stock in the last two years include Duncan Cocroft and Jeffrey Stoops. View Insider Buying and Selling for SBA Communications.

Shares of SBAC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SBAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $235.94.

SBA Communications has a market capitalization of $26.57 billion and generates $1.87 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $47.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.60 on an earnings per share basis. SBA Communications employs 1,347 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About SBA Communications.

The official website for SBA Communications is http://www.sbasite.com/.

SBA Communications' mailing address is 8051 CONGRESS AVENUE, BOCA RATON FL, 33487. The technology company can be reached via phone at 561-226-9345 or via email at [email protected]