SBA Communications SBAC Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 93%+0.1pp | 92.9%-0.2pp | 93.2%-0.9pp | 94.1%-0.9pp | 95%-0.5pp | |
| Operating margin | 47.3%-0.4pp | 47.7%-3.4pp | 51.1%-1.3pp | 52.4%-1.5pp | 53.9%+0.3pp | |
| Net margin | 35.7%-1.8pp | 37.4%+6.7pp | 30.7%-1.5pp | 32.3%+1.9pp | 30.4%+2.4pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 58.1%+0.1pp | 58.1%-3.0pp | 61.1%-1.0pp | 62.1%-1.4pp | 63.5%-0.2pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 35.7%-2.2pp | 37.9%-0.8pp | 38.7%-0.3pp | 39%-2.9pp | 41.9%+0.6pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on assets | 9.2%0.0pp | 9.2%+1.2pp | 8%-0.6pp | 8.6%+0.6pp | 8%+1.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 16.6%+4.0pp | 12.7%-7.4pp | 20.1%-0.4pp | 20.5%-0.7pp | 21.2%+5.5pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.3×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.2× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×-0.3× | 0.7×-0.4× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.2× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×-0.3× | 0.7×-0.4× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×-0.3× | 0.5×-0.3× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-assets | 1.1×-0.2× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.1×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×-0.2× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.6×-1.5× | 9.1×+1.9× | 7.2×0.0× | 7.2×+0.3× | 6.9×-1.5× | |
| Interest coverage | 2.8×-0.1× | 2.9×-0.3× | 3.2×-0.3× | 3.4×-0.1× | 3.6×-0.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | -$44.78+0.8% | -$45.14+1.6% | -$45.87-0.1% | -$45.82+0.3% | -$45.97+2.8% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $18.18B-11.8% | $20.61B-0.7% | $20.76B-18.3% | $25.42B+7.4% | $23.68B+8.0% | |
| Enterprise value | $30.81B-13.2% | $35.49B+7.6% | $33B-12.3% | $37.63B+6.2% | $35.44B-2.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 17.9×-1.7× | 19.6×-4.7× | 24.2×-4.7× | 28.9×-0.1× | 29×-0.2× | |
| Price / sales | 6.4×-1.0× | 7.3×-0.1× | 7.4×-1.9× | 9.3×+0.5× | 8.8×+0.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.6×-3.1× | 21.7×+2.3× | 19.4×-2.9× | 22.3×+1.5× | 20.8×-0.5× | |
| EV / sales | 10.8×-1.8× | 12.6×+0.8× | 11.8×-2.0× | 13.8×+0.6× | 13.2×-0.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.6%+0.4pp | 5.2%0.0pp | 5.2%+1.0pp | 4.2%-0.6pp | 4.8%-0.3pp | |
| Earnings yield | 5.6%+0.5pp | 5.1%+1.0pp | 4.1%+0.7pp | 3.5%0.0pp | 3.4%0.0pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.7%+0.4pp | 2.3%+0.1pp | 2.2%+0.5pp | 1.8%-0.1pp | 1.9%-0.1pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.5×-0.5× | 1×+0.6× | 0.4×-0.2× | 0.6×0.0× |
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- What are SBA Communications's profit margins?
- SBA Communications (SBAC) runs a 93.0% gross margin and a 47.3% operating margin, with a 35.7% net margin.
- Where do SBA Communications's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from SBA Communications's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
