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NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Real Estate · CIK 0001034054
$173.41
-4.18% · delayed ~15 min
Last price from Oct 21, 2026
$18.32B market value
From SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP's FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 · read the filing
SBA COMMUNICATIONS owns income-producing property as a REIT. It took in $244.5M last year, which makes it a smaller company. Of every dollar it sells, about 431 cents is left as profit.
The financial picture is led by profitability and growth, while debt remain weak.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Recent open-market selling by Krouse George R Jr, not under a pre-arranged plan.
$54.8K sold in the last 120 days · Read the filing
These are things the company filed or that a published model flagged — not predictions, and not a reason on their own to buy or sell anything.
Financial health
Generally healthy, with a few things to watch.
From SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP's FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Revenue
$152.9M → $244.5M
Profit
$749.5M → $1.05B
Gross margin
1372.4% → 868.8%
Operating margin
939.2% → 549.2%
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026
Improved: +59.9%
$152.9M to $244.5MCritical
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
How the latest move compares (quote delayed ~15 min), and what was published around it
SBAC fell 4.18% on the latest quote. The average Real Estate company tracked here moved +1.87%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 6.0 points below its sector and 3.1 points below the market.
Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 27 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 27 analysts publishing on this company, 4 say strong buy, 13 say buy and 10 say hold. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
Yes. It keeps about 431 cents of every dollar of sales as profit, earning $1.05B last year.
Yes, quickly. Sales grew 59.9% last year.
For every $1 it owes, it owns $0.70 in assets. Banks and insurers always carry high debt — that is how lending works — so this is normal for the industry and not comparable with other sectors.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It pays out 45% of its profit. Property trusts are required to distribute most of their income and report profit after heavy depreciation, so a figure above 100% is normal here rather than a warning. It paid out 37% of the cash its operations generated. It has paid in each of the last 7 years.
GoodFigures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it earned $1.05B and generated $1.29B of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Feb 27, 2026Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Feb 26, 2025Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Feb 28, 2024Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Mar 1, 2023Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Mar 1, 2022Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $244.5M | $152.9M | $194.6M | $296.9M | $204.7M | +59.9% |
| Cost of revenue | $199.0M | $118.7M | $139.9M | $223.0M | $159.1M | +67.6% |
| Gross profit | $2.12B | $2.10B | $2.10B | $1.96B | $1.76B | +1.3% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 868.8% | 1372.4% | 1078.3% | 661.8% | 861.2% | −503.6 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $277.6M | $258.8M | $267.9M | $261.9M | $220.0M | +7.3% |
| Operating income | $1.34B | $1.44B | $923.7M | $925.4M | $782.5M | −6.5% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 549.2% | 939.2% | 474.5% | 311.7% | 382.2% | −390.0 pts |
| Income before tax | $1.24B | $772.7M | $548.5M | $525.8M | $252.6M | +60.7% |
| Net income | $1.05B | $749.5M | $501.8M | $461.4M | $237.6M | +40.6% |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 430.9% | 490.3% | 257.8% | 155.4% | 116.1% | −59.4 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $9.97 | $6.97 | $4.64 | $4.27 | $2.18 | +43.1% |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
This company's latest filing beside its peers' stored scores
| Company | Health | F-Score | Revenue growth | Profit margin | P/E | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBACSBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP · this page | 7.3/10 | 7/9 |
Insider activity, ownership stakes and what's coming — straight from EDGAR, before any article is written about it
Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Exercised stock options — 1,588 shares
Holds 7,784 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 625 shares at $187.06 ($116.9K)
Holds 7,159 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Took on a direct financial obligation
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue -23.5% · Operating margin +186.5 pts · Gross margin +265.3 pts — against Q2 FY2025
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
The 24 subsidiaries named in its 10-K, incorporated across 8 places. A filer lists the significant ones and may leave the rest out, so this is the floor rather than the full count.
Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from SBAC's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31, filed Feb 27, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing. Total liabilities were not tagged directly and were calculated as assets minus equity.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 9 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.3 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 4.7 | 8/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 4.7 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 28, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 7.3 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 1, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 7.3 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 1, 2022 |
| FY2020 | 4.7 | 6/9 | 10-K, filed Feb 25, 2021 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
7 of 9 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's.
not reported — Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Improved: +40.6%
$749.5M to $1.05BCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −503.6 pts
1372.4% to 868.8%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: −390.0 pts
939.2% to 549.2%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −59.4 pts
490.3% to 430.9%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +43.1%
$6.97 to $9.97Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +39.4%
$189.8M to $264.6MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: -6.5%
$1.44B to $1.34BNotable
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: -11.6%
$12.40B to $10.96BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Improved: -1.8%
107.6M to 105.7MNotable
Why it matters: The company bought back stock, so each remaining holding owns slightly more of it. Worth checking it was not funded by borrowing.
Changed: +12.9%
$424.2M to $479.0MNotable
Why it matters: Cash handed to shareholders. A rise can be a higher dividend or simply more shares, and a cut is a decision the company explains in its own filing — neither is rated here.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 — read it.
Improved: +265.3 pts
784.1% to 1049.4%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +186.5 pts
498.2% to 684.7%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +50.8 pts
336.0% to 386.8%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: -23.5%
$67.2M to $51.4MSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Improved: -22.1%
$11.74B to $9.15BSignificant
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Improved: +18.8%
$275.3M to $327.1MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: +5.1%
$334.8M to $351.9MNotable
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: -12.0%
$225.8M to $198.8MNotable
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: -10.8%
$2.10 to $1.87Notable
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: -1.3%
107.5M to 106.1MNotable
Why it matters: The company bought back stock, so each remaining holding owns slightly more of it. Worth checking it was not funded by borrowing.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Deteriorated: −75.8 pts
1125.2% to 1049.4%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: −40.3 pts
725.0% to 684.7%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −4.0 pts
390.9% to 386.8%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +21.6%
$269.1M to $327.1MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: +8.7%
$47.3M to $51.4MNotable
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Improved: +7.5%
$184.8M to $198.8MNotable
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +7.5%
$1.74 to $1.87Notable
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: -11.0%
$10.28B to $9.15BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
3 other measures barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
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About 3.1% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
The trailing P/E is 21.7x — investors pay $21.7 for each $1 of trailing profit.
Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
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| CCICROWN CASTLE INC. | 6.0/10 | 7/9 | 12.0% | 206.5% | 77.23x | -20.28x |
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| Median of peers | 7.3/10 | — | 16.4% | 243.7% | 54.72x | -2.91x |
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Peers come from the company's industry classification. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.
Sold on the open market — 300 shares at $182.67 ($54.8K)
Holds 8,512 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 457 shares
Holds 10,163 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 171 shares at $180.98 ($30.9K)
Holds 9,992 shares after this filing.
Notice filed ahead of a planned sale — the sale itself has not necessarily happened yet.
Filed notice to sell 300 shares ($54.8K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Restricted Stock Vesting Under a Registered Plan.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Published results
Signed a material agreement · Terminated a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation
Read the filingReported another event
Read the filingSigned a material agreement
Read the filingHeld a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Operating margin +27.8 pts · Gross margin +62.4 pts · Profit margin −68.6 pts — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2025
Revenue +59.9% · Operating margin −390.0 pts · Profit +40.6% — against FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2025
Revenue +81.2% · Operating margin −403.5 pts · Gross margin −519.8 pts — against Q3 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2025
Revenue +97.5% · Operating margin −543.7 pts · Gross margin −742.0 pts — against Q2 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHeld a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2025
Revenue +62.4% · Operating margin −395.8 pts · Profit +42.8% — against Q1 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingSource: Exhibit 21 of the 10-K filed 2026-02-27. These are legal entities, not brands or acquisitions — a company that bought a business may hold it inside an entity named here, or inside one small enough that the rule does not require naming it at all.
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