Crown Castle (CCI) Competitors

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

Is CCI or SBAC more profitable?

SBA Communications has a net margin of 19.22% compared to Crown Castle's net margin of 17.98%. Crown Castle's return on equity of 19.20% beat SBA Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown Castle	17.98%	19.20%	3.09%
SBA Communications	19.22%	-9.85%	5.11%

Do analysts prefer CCI or SBAC?

Crown Castle presently has a consensus price target of $113.53, indicating a potential downside of 2.23%. SBA Communications has a consensus price target of $237.92, indicating a potential downside of 0.25%. Given SBA Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Crown Castle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown Castle	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
SBA Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media prefer CCI or SBAC?

In the previous week, Crown Castle had 3 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Crown Castle and 7 mentions for SBA Communications. Crown Castle's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat SBA Communications' score of 0.61 indicating that Crown Castle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown Castle	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SBA Communications	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CCI or SBAC?

Crown Castle has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBA Communications has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCI or SBAC?

SBA Communications received 65 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.93% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.30% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown Castle	Outperform Votes 752 68.93%	Underperform Votes 339 31.07%
SBA Communications	Outperform Votes 817 67.30%	Underperform Votes 397 32.70%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CCI or SBAC?

90.8% of Crown Castle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of SBA Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Crown Castle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of SBA Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CCI or SBAC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown Castle	$6.61B	7.64	$1.50B	$3.20	36.29
SBA Communications	$2.71B	9.45	$501.81M	$5.10	46.77

Is CCI or SBAC a better dividend stock?

Crown Castle pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Crown Castle pays out 195.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SBA Communications pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

SBA Communications beats Crown Castle on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.