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SBA Communications SBAC Interest coverage

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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-19.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$20.32B-23.2%
Enterprise value$32.95B-13.1%
P/E20×-12.5×
P/S7.1×-2.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin93%-2.0pp
Operating margin47.3%-6.6pp
Net margin35.7%+5.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-11.1%
Debt / equity-2.7×
Current ratio0.2×-0.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from SBA Communications’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 interest coverage?
SBA Communications (SBAC) reported interest coverage of 2.8× in Q1 2026.
How has SBA Communications's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
SBA Communications's interest coverage decreased by 22.7% year-over-year, from 3.6× to 2.8×.
What is the long-term trend for SBA Communications's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), SBA Communications's interest coverage has grown at a 12.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.3× to 13.1×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.