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NASDAQ:SBAC

SBA Communications - SBAC Competitors

$256.41
+9.51 (+3.85%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$243.31
$256.55
50-Day Range
$240.12
$308.09
52-Week Range
$236.20
$379.99
Volume
617,910 shs
Average Volume
961,581 shs
Market Capitalization
$27.70 billion
P/E Ratio
60.90
Dividend Yield
1.33%
Price Target
$335.40

SBAC vs. CCI, DLR, VICI, AVB, EQR, WELL, ARE, EXR, SPG, and VTR

Should you be buying SBA Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SBA Communications include Crown Castle (CCI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Welltower (WELL), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Simon Property Group (SPG), and Ventas (VTR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

SBA Communications vs.

SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) and Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, SBA Communications and SBA Communications both had 8 articles in the media. SBA Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Crown Castle's score of 1.09 indicating that SBA Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SBA Communications
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crown Castle
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Crown Castle pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. SBA Communications pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crown Castle pays out 162.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Crown Castle has a net margin of 23.96% compared to SBA Communications' net margin of 17.52%. Crown Castle's return on equity of 21.58% beat SBA Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SBA Communications 17.52% -8.58% 4.54%
Crown Castle 23.96% 21.58% 4.30%

SBA Communications currently has a consensus target price of $335.40, suggesting a potential upside of 30.81%. Crown Castle has a consensus target price of $159.36, suggesting a potential upside of 23.09%. Given SBA Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Crown Castle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SBA Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Crown Castle
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

93.5% of SBA Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Crown Castle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of SBA Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Crown Castle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SBA Communications received 39 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.02% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.74% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SBA CommunicationsOutperform Votes
779
67.74%
Underperform Votes
371
32.26%
Crown CastleOutperform Votes
740
71.02%
Underperform Votes
302
28.98%

Crown Castle has higher revenue and earnings than SBA Communications. Crown Castle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SBA Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SBA Communications$2.63 billion10.52$461.43 million$4.2160.90
Crown Castle$6.99 billion8.03$1.68 billion$3.8633.54

SBA Communications has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Castle has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SBA Communications beats Crown Castle on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SBAC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SBAC vs. The Competition

MetricSBA CommunicationsReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$26.67B$5.60B$6.09B$5.88B
Dividend Yield1.38%7.59%8.32%4.52%
P/E Ratio60.9019.80132.0212.38
Price / Sales10.524.896,064.8155.79
Price / Cash22.0111.6423.87104.33
Price / Book-5.251.793.454.93
Net Income$461.43M$194.31M$650.06M$190.72M
7 Day Performance0.17%0.01%0.19%0.68%
1 Month Performance-0.55%-7.38%-5.82%-6.00%
1 Year Performance-22.06%-26.57%1.19%-18.29%

SBA Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCI
Crown Castle
3.1981 of 5 stars
$126.08
-2.6%
$159.36
+26.4%
-27.1%$56.13B$6.99B32.665,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
2.9702 of 5 stars
$92.29
-5.7%
$123.54
+33.9%
-31.7%$26.88B$4.69B80.963,412Positive News
VICI
VICI Properties
2.1406 of 5 stars
$30.34
-2.5%
$36.77
+21.2%
+13.7%$30.47B$2.60B24.08105Analyst Report
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
3.1146 of 5 stars
$155.79
-3.3%
$202.78
+30.2%
-36.2%$21.80B$2.59B19.212,947News Coverage
EQR
Equity Residential
3.1583 of 5 stars
$55.96
-2.6%
$72.00
+28.7%
-37.1%$21.74B$2.74B27.172,400
WELL
Welltower
2.2058 of 5 stars
$66.17
-4.6%
$82.56
+24.8%
-29.9%$32.47B$5.86B206.79464
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
3.191 of 5 stars
$117.08
-4.8%
$175.63
+50.0%
-38.5%$20.27B$2.59B37.41559Positive News
EXR
Extra Space Storage
2.48 of 5 stars
$149.54
-5.7%
$170.89
+14.3%
-22.5%$20.19B$1.92B23.334,781
SPG
Simon Property Group
2.7433 of 5 stars
$104.31
-4.4%
$132.08
+26.6%
-20.5%$34.10B$5.29B16.003,300Analyst Report
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
VTR
Ventas
2.5176 of 5 stars
$41.85
-4.7%
$56.27
+34.5%
-32.5%$17.56B$4.13B-348.75434
This page (NASDAQ:SBAC) was last updated on 3/26/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff