SBA Communications (SBAC) reported $732.33 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.7%. EPS of $3.30 for the same period compares to $2.40 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $705.13 million, representing a surprise of +3.86%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +3.45%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $3.19.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how SBA Communications performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sites owned - Total: 44,581 versus 45,037 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Sites owned - International: 27,172 compared to the 27,631 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Sites owned - Domestic: 17,409 compared to the 17,444 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Sites owned previous- International: 26,628 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 26,628.
- Sites acquired - International: 447 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,275.
- Sites decommissioned - International: -49 versus the two-analyst average estimate of -25.
- Sites owned previous- Total: 44,065 compared to the 44,015 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Sites acquired - Total: 447 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,285.
- Revenues- Site Development: $75.9 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $53.91 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +81.2%.
- Revenues- International Site Leasing: $186.18 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $180.3 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +15.8%.
- Revenues- Domestic Site Leasing: $470.25 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $470.91 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.2%.
- Revenues- Site Leasing: $656.43 million compared to the $651.21 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.9% year over year.
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Shares of SBA Communications have returned -0.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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