NASDAQ:SBACSBA Communications Stock Price, Forecast & News

SBA Communications' stock was trading at $274.70 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SBAC stock has increased by 5.6% and is now trading at $289.96. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SBA Communications in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for SBA Communications.

SBA Communications is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for SBA Communications.

SBA Communications Co. (NASDAQ:SBAC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The technology company reported ($1.14) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.08 by $3.22. The technology company had revenue of $517.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $512.93 million. SBA Communications had a negative net margin of 0.30% and a negative return on equity of 4.24%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.07 earnings per share. View SBA Communications' earnings history.

SBA Communications announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 28th will be given a dividend of $0.465 per share on Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $1.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 27th. View SBA Communications' dividend history.

SBA Communications updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.04-2.08 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.1 billion.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for SBA Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $236.00 to $361.00. On average, they expect SBA Communications' share price to reach $303.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for SBA Communications.

Media coverage about SBAC stock has been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. SBA Communications earned a daily sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutSBA Communications.

SBA Communications saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,360,000 shares, a drop of 9.9% from the April 30th total of 1,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,020,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View SBA Communications' Current Options Chain.

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

SBA Communications' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.98%), State Street Corp (4.52%), Capital Research Global Investors (3.83%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.77%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.52%) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (2.03%). 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, Mary S Chan, 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 Invesco Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Zimmer Partners LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. 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, Jeffrey Stoops, Kevin L Beebe, Kurt L Bagwell, Mark R Ciarfella, Mary S Chan, Steven E Bernstein, and Thomas P Hunt. View insider buying and selling activity for SBA Communications.

SBAC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Cohen & Steers Inc., Parnassus Investments CA, Portsea Asset Management LLP, and Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $289.96.

SBA Communications has a market capitalization of $32.37 billion and generates $2.01 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $146.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.49 on an earnings per share basis. SBA Communications employs 1,475 workers across the globe.

The official website for SBA Communications is www.sbasite.com.

SBA Communications' mailing address is 8051 CONGRESS AVENUE, BOCA RATON FL, 33487. The technology company can be reached via phone at 561-995-7670 or via email at [email protected]