Uncovering the Fundamentals of SBA Communications (SBAC)

By Scott Lee • Tuesday, March 05 15:09 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of SBA Communications, a Specialty Real Estate Investment Trust company whose shares moved 1.9% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

SBA Communications has moved -13.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 28.7%
SBAC has an average analyst rating of buy and is -18.43% away from its mean target price of $264.79 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $4.69
SBA Communications has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 46.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $6.42 and its forward P/E ratio is 33.6
SBA Communications is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 25.55 and an average P/B of 2.1
SBAC has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 6.3% and gross profit margins of 0.8%
The company has a free cash flow of $992.1 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
SBA Communications Corporation is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure including towers, buildings, rooftops, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells. With a portfolio of more than 39,000 communications sites throughout the Americas, Africa and in Asia, SBA is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol SBAC. Our organization is part of the S&P 500 and is one of the top Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by market capitalization.

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