SBA Communications Corporation

SBAC Real Estate Reit Specialty

SBA Communications Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.8 billion, up 5.06% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−2.51%
EPS
−0.27%
Free cash flow
+28.6%
Total debt
+1.50%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

193.47 2.01 −1.03%
Market cap
$20.2B
P/E
20.8×
Fwd P/E
24.3×
Dividend yield
2.51%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

SBA Communications Corporation (SBAC) Operating margin

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SBA Communications Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 47.7%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (47.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.1% (fiscal 2015) to 53.6% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Reit Specialty industry median of 20.7% and above the Real Estate sector median of 17.8%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 47.7% (5.88)
FY2024 53.6% 19.52
FY2023 34.1% (1.08)
FY2022 35.1% 1.25
FY2021 33.9% 3.47
FY2020 30.4% 1.46
FY2019 29.0% (0.21)
FY2018 29.2% 2.63
FY2017 26.5% 2.82
FY2016 23.7% 4.65

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 51.5% 2.32
Jun 2026 49.2% 0.45
Mar 2026 48.7% 7.20
Dec 2025 41.5% (9.55)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 19.1% High 53.6%
Ten-year median 30.4%
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. compare 79.1%
SBAC SBA Communications Corporation 47.7%
CCI Crown Castle Inc. compare 47.1%
LAMR Lamar Advertising Company compare 32.1%
OUT OUTFRONT Media Inc. compare 20.5%
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated compare 19.5%
WY Weyerhaeuser Company compare 11.7%
RYN Rayonier Inc. compare 5.96%
DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. compare 2.78%
Reit Specialty industry median 20.7%
Real Estate sector median 17.8%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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