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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 2.33%, EPS fell 11.0%, free cash flow grew 11.3% and total debt rose 1.74%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years.

187.06 3.34 +1.82%
Market cap
$19.5B
P/E
20.1×
Fwd P/E
27.6×
Dividend yield
2.60%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

SBA Communications Corporation (SBAC) Return on invested capital

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SBA Communications Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.96% (fiscal 2015) to 12.7% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Reit Specialty industry median of 4.19% and above the Real Estate sector median of 2.03%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 11.0% (1.64)
FY2024 12.7% 4.30
FY2023 8.36% 0.55
FY2022 7.81% 0.38
FY2021 7.43% 0.75
FY2020 6.68% 1.09
FY2019 5.59% 0.26
FY2018 5.33% 0.99
FY2017 4.34% 0.67
FY2016 3.67% 0.71

Against its own ten years

Low 2.96% High 12.7%
Ten-year median 6.68%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SBAC SBA Communications Corporation 11.0%
LAMR Lamar Advertising Company compare 10.4%
CCI Crown Castle Inc. compare 9.03%
OUT OUTFRONT Media Inc. compare 7.74%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. compare 6.47%
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated compare 5.48%
WY Weyerhaeuser Company compare 3.67%
RYN Rayonier Inc. compare 0.54%
DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. compare 0.07%
Reit Specialty industry median 4.19%
Real Estate sector median 2.03%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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