Crown Castle (CCI) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCI or SBAC?

Crown Castle has higher revenue and earnings than SBA Communications. SBA Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Castle, 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	$6.98B	5.56	$1.50B	$2.82	31.65
SBA Communications	$2.71B	7.83	$501.81M	$6.34	31.16

Do analysts recommend CCI or SBAC?

Crown Castle presently has a consensus price target of $110.13, suggesting a potential upside of 23.39%. SBA Communications has a consensus price target of $252.29, suggesting a potential upside of 27.70%. Given SBA Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
SBA Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Does the media favor CCI or SBAC?

In the previous week, Crown Castle had 14 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Crown Castle and 20 mentions for SBA Communications. Crown Castle's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat SBA Communications' score of 0.89 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	21 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SBA Communications	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCI or SBAC 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
Crown Castle	18.59%	20.98%	3.20%
SBA Communications	25.76%	-13.13%	6.83%

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

90.8% of Crown Castle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 7.0%. SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCI or SBAC?

SBA Communications received 72 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.20% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown Castle	Outperform Votes 757 68.20%	Underperform Votes 353 31.80%
SBA Communications	Outperform Votes 829 67.18%	Underperform Votes 405 32.82%

Which has more volatility & risk, CCI or SBAC?

Crown Castle has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBA Communications has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SBA Communications beats Crown Castle on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.