Crown Castle (CCI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBAC or CCI?

SBA Communications received 70 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.73% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.04% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SBA Communications	Outperform Votes 834 67.04%	Underperform Votes 410 32.96%
Crown Castle	Outperform Votes 764 67.73%	Underperform Votes 364 32.27%

Is SBAC or CCI a better dividend stock?

SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $4.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Crown Castle pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. SBA Communications pays out 64.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown Castle pays out -69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Crown Castle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SBAC or CCI?

97.3% of SBA Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Crown Castle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of SBA Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Crown Castle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SBAC or CCI more profitable?

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
SBA Communications	25.76%	-13.13%	6.83%
Crown Castle	18.59%	20.98%	3.20%

Do analysts recommend SBAC or CCI?

SBA Communications presently has a consensus target price of $251.92, indicating a potential upside of 11.39%. Crown Castle has a consensus target price of $110.47, indicating a potential upside of 7.94%. Given SBA Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Crown Castle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SBA Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Crown Castle	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has better valuation & earnings, SBAC or CCI?

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
SBA Communications	$2.68B	9.08	$501.81M	$6.94	32.59
Crown Castle	$6.57B	6.79	$1.50B	-$8.98	-11.40

Which has more volatility & risk, SBAC or CCI?

SBA Communications has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Castle has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SBAC or CCI?

In the previous week, Crown Castle had 16 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Crown Castle and 19 mentions for SBA Communications. Crown Castle's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat SBA Communications' score of 1.31 indicating that Crown Castle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SBA Communications	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crown Castle	28 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SBA Communications and Crown Castle tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.