What is SBA Communications's D&A?

SBA Communications (SBAC) reported D&A of $81.32M in Q1 2026.

How has SBA Communications's D&A changed year-over-year?

SBA Communications's D&A increased by 25.0% year-over-year, from $65.05M to $81.32M.

What is the long-term trend for SBA Communications's D&A?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), SBA Communications's D&A has grown at a -19.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $700.16M to $292.29M.

Total non-cash depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of intangible assets — the largest add-back to net income in the operating cash flow reconciliation.

SBA Communications SBAC D&A

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Segments

By segment

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International Site Leasing Revenue$41.15M+61.2%

Domestic Site Leasing Revenue$37.62M+2.4%

All Other Segments$1.64M-14.7%

Site Development Construction$903K+5.4%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$703.4M+5.9%

Gross profit$664.0M+6.1%

Operating income$342.8M+2.4%

Net income$184.8M-16.3%

EPS (diluted)$1.74-14.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$332.5M-49.9%

Total debt$13.0B+4.3%

Total equity-$4.8B+4.4%

Total assets$11.7B+12.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$255.1M-15.3%

CapEx$48.4M+4.8%

Free cash flow$206.7M-18.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$19.35B-22.9%

Enterprise value$31.98B-14.3%

P/E19×-9.5×

P/S6.8×-2.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin93%-2.0pp

Operating margin47.3%-6.6pp

Net margin35.7%+5.3pp

FCF margin35.7%-6.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-11.1%—

Debt / equity-2.7×—

Current ratio0.2×-0.5×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by SBA Communications in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet.

The official record: SBA Communications’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is SBA Communications's D&A?: SBA Communications (SBAC) reported D&A of $81.32M in Q1 2026.
How has SBA Communications's D&A changed year-over-year?: SBA Communications's D&A increased by 25.0% year-over-year, from $65.05M to $81.32M.
What is the long-term trend for SBA Communications's D&A?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), SBA Communications's D&A has grown at a -19.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $700.16M to $292.29M.
What does D&A mean?: Total non-cash depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of intangible assets — the largest add-back to net income in the operating cash flow reconciliation.