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SBAC vs. CCI, USM, TDS, BB, SHEN, SPOK, SPG, DLR, PSA, and O

Should you be buying SBA Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SBA Communications include Crown Castle (CCI), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Spok (SPOK), Simon Property Group (SPG), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Public Storage (PSA), and Realty Income (O).

SBA Communications vs.

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

Crown Castle presently has a consensus target price of $108.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.70%. SBA Communications has a consensus target price of $252.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.23%. 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
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
SBA Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87

SBA Communications has a net margin of 25.76% compared to Crown Castle's net margin of 18.59%. Crown Castle's return on equity of 20.98% beat SBA Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crown Castle18.59% 20.98% 3.20%
SBA Communications 25.76%-13.13%6.83%

SBA Communications received 71 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.23% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Crown CastleOutperform Votes
758
68.23%
Underperform Votes
353
31.77%
SBA CommunicationsOutperform Votes
829
67.18%
Underperform Votes
405
32.82%

Crown Castle pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Crown Castle pays out 222.0% 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 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

90.8% of Crown Castle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Crown Castle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned 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.

Crown Castle has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBA Communications has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Crown Castle$6.59B5.89$1.50B$2.8231.69
SBA Communications$2.66B8.34$501.81M$6.3432.56

In the previous week, Crown Castle had 7 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Crown Castle and 12 mentions for SBA Communications. SBA Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Crown Castle's score of 0.96 indicating that SBA Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Crown Castle
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SBA Communications
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

SBA Communications beats Crown Castle on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SBAC vs. The Competition

MetricSBA CommunicationsReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$22.19B$7.10B$12.16B$9.20B
Dividend Yield1.88%7.77%5.89%3.99%
P/E Ratio32.5651.7023.2819.51
Price / Sales8.348.0727.3969.98
Price / Cash15.9017.5118.3338.90
Price / Book-4.312.482.755.07
Net Income$501.81M$169.99M$1.03B$222.54M
7 Day Performance-1.07%1.40%1.33%2.13%
1 Month Performance1.37%1.62%2.68%1.63%
1 Year Performance-0.19%9.26%18.30%16.41%

SBA Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBAC
SBA Communications
4.825 of 5 stars
$206.40
+0.5%
$252.29
+22.2%
-0.2%$22.08B$2.71B32.561,787Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CCI
Crown Castle
4.4218 of 5 stars
$89.56
+0.1%
$110.13
+23.0%
-17.4%$38.94B$6.98B31.774,700Short Interest ↓
USM
United States Cellular
1.9317 of 5 stars
$65.43
-1.5%
$80.00
+22.3%
+97.7%$5.63B$3.91B-181.834,300
TDS
Telephone and Data Systems
2.5202 of 5 stars
$37.17
-0.1%
$45.50
+22.4%
+187.1%$4.20B$5.16B-6.889,300
BB
BlackBerry
2.7302 of 5 stars
$5.56
+5.8%
$3.69
-33.5%
+117.7%$3.29B$853M-25.252,647Short Interest ↓
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
3.1302 of 5 stars
$11.82
+3.5%
$26.00
+120.1%
-39.1%$645.10M$287.38M3.04840
SPOK
Spok
2.6296 of 5 stars
$16.43
+1.2%
$15.00
-8.7%
+8.0%$332.77M$137.71M22.49380News Coverage
SPG
Simon Property Group
4.1121 of 5 stars
$180.32
+0.2%
$175.10
-2.9%
+24.1%$58.84B$5.96B24.843,000Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.4714 of 5 stars
$166.43
-1.0%
$179.70
+8.0%
+21.5%$55.20B$5.48B139.843,664Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PSA
Public Storage
4.4582 of 5 stars
$303.78
+0.4%
$344.54
+13.4%
+5.4%$53.20B$4.52B31.556,200Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
O
Realty Income
4.2792 of 5 stars
$54.01
-0.2%
$61.81
+14.4%
+5.4%$47.28B$5.01B51.44400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SBAC) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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