SBA Communications SBAC Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 93%-2.0pp | 92.9%-2.6pp | 93.2%-2.8pp | 94.1%-1.9pp | 95%-0.6pp | |
| Operating margin | 47.3%-6.6pp | 47.7%-5.9pp | 51.1%+3.7pp | 52.4%+9.9pp | 53.9%+15.9pp | |
| Net margin | 35.7%+5.3pp | 37.4%+9.5pp | 30.7%+5.0pp | 32.3%+13.0pp | 30.4%+9.8pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 58.1%-5.3pp | 58.1%-5.6pp | 61.1%-0.5pp | 62.1%+1.2pp | 63.5%+2.8pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 35.7%-6.2pp | 37.9%-3.4pp | 38.7%-7.2pp | 39%-7.2pp | 41.9%-5.7pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on assets | 9.2%+1.2pp | 9.2%+2.2pp | 8%+1.3pp | 8.6%+3.5pp | 8%+2.6pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 16.6%-4.6pp | 12.7%-3.0pp | 20.1%+3.2pp | 20.5%+4.9pp | 21.2%+7.2pp | |
| 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×-0.5× | 0.3×-0.8× | 0.5×-0.2× | 0.4×+0.2× | 0.7×+0.5× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.2×-0.5× | 0.3×-0.8× | 0.5×-0.2× | 0.4×+0.2× | 0.7×+0.5× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×-0.4× | 0.2×-0.6× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.4× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-assets | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.2×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.6×+0.7× | 9.1×+0.7× | 7.2×-0.2× | 7.2×-0.1× | 6.9×-0.5× | |
| Interest coverage | 2.8×-0.8× | 2.9×-0.8× | 3.2×-0.1× | 3.4×+0.5× | 3.6×+0.9× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | -$44.78+2.6% | -$45.14+4.5% | -$45.87+4.3% | -$45.82+7.2% | -$45.97+4.4% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $18.18B-23.2% | $20.61B-5.9% | $20.76B-19.7% | $25.42B+19.8% | $23.68B+1.1% | |
| Enterprise value | $30.81B-13.1% | $35.49B-2.1% | $33B-13.0% | $37.63B+13.3% | $35.44B-0.2% | |
| Price / earnings | 17.9×-11.2× | 19.6×-9.7× | 24.2×-13.5× | 28.9×-12.3× | 29×-13.2× | |
| Price / sales | 6.4×-2.4× | 7.3×-0.9× | 7.4×-2.3× | 9.3×+1.4× | 8.8×+0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.6×-2.2× | 21.7×+0.4× | 19.4×-3.8× | 22.3×+1.9× | 20.8×-1.0× | |
| EV / sales | 10.8×-2.4× | 12.6×-0.9× | 11.8×-2.4× | 13.8×+1.4× | 13.2×0.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.6%+0.8pp | 5.2%+0.1pp | 5.2%+0.5pp | 4.2%-1.6pp | 4.8%-0.7pp | |
| Earnings yield | 5.6%+2.2pp | 5.1%+1.7pp | 4.1%+1.5pp | 3.5%+1.0pp | 3.4%+1.1pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.7%+0.9pp | 2.3%+0.4pp | 2.2%+0.7pp | 1.8%-0.1pp | 1.9%+0.2pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.5×-0.1× | 1×0.0× | 0.4×-33.6× | 0.6×-0.3× |
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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.
