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SBA Communications SBAC Return on invested capital

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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$19.82B-23.2%
Enterprise value$32.45B-13.1%
P/E19.5×-12.2×
P/S6.9×-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 return on invested capital?
SBA Communications (SBAC) reported return on invested capital of 16.6% in Q1 2026.
How has SBA Communications's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
SBA Communications's return on invested capital decreased by 21.5% year-over-year, from 21.2% to 16.6%.
What is the long-term trend for SBA Communications's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), SBA Communications's return on invested capital has grown at a 15.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 42% to 74.4%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.