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SBA Communications

Real EstateREITsS&P 500
Ticker SBACBOCA RATON, FLFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $-43.60Diluted shares 106.2M

SBA Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: SBAC) owns and operates wireless communications infrastructure, including towers, rooftops and other structures that support wireless antennas. Its primary business is leasing space on these sites to wireless service providers and other customers, while it also manages sites for… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, SBA Communications reported revenue of $2.82B, up 5.1% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $1.05B. Its operating margin was 47.7%, and operations generated $1.29B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $2.87B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$2.82BFY2025
+5.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.87B
47.70%FY2025
−5.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo 47.65%
$1.05BFY2025
+40.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $992.23M
-25.50%FY2025
−8.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo -21.40%
Cash & financing
$1.29BFY2025
−3.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.28B
$1.07BFY2025
−3.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.05B
-2.66FY2025
Was -2.66× a year earlier
Last 12 mo -2.75
107.5MFY2025
−0.5% year over year
Last 12 mo 106.2M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What SBA Communications does

In the company’s own words

SBA Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: SBAC) owns and operates wireless communications infrastructure, including towers, rooftops and other structures that support wireless antennas. Its primary business is leasing space on these sites to wireless service providers and other customers, while it also manages sites for property owners. The company’s site development business helps wireless providers plan, build and maintain their networks, including through site selection, permitting, construction and equipment installation. Its reportable segments are domestic and international site leasing, alongside site development; site leasing generated 97.9% of total segment operating profit in 2025. The company operates in the United States and its territories and in 12 international markets across South America, Central America and Africa. At December 31, 2025, it owned 46,328 sites, including 17,394 in the United States and its territories and 28,934 internationally. T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless were its largest customers, together accounting for 66.5% of 2025 revenue. SBA Communications was incorporated in 1997 and operates as a real estate investment trust. Its website is www.sbasite.com.

Company details
Sector
Real Estate
Industry (SIC)
REITs
Headquarters
BOCA RATON, FL
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1034054
SIC
6798

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-480.28M$433.60M$1.35B$2.26B$3.18B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns SBA Communications — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

625
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$9.63B
held by funds, at market
47.9%
of shares held by funds
3
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · SBA Communications’s weight in each

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
DODGX · Dodge & Cox Funds
1.16%of fund net assets
VANGUARD REAL ESTATE INDEX FUND
VNQ · VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD MID-CAP INDEX FUND
VO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.18%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

SBA Communications’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 3 issues of SBA Communications’s debt, $1.10B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 3.49%, maturing 2027 to 2029.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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