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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SBA Communications Competitors List
