SBA Communications Corporation is a first choice provider and leading owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in North, Central, and South America and South Africa. More Details
How has SBA Communications performed over the past 5 years?
18.9%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: SBAC has a large one-off loss of $58.5M impacting its December 31 2020 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: SBAC's current net profit margins (1.2%) are lower than last year (7.2%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: SBAC has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 18.9% per year.
Accelerating Growth: SBAC's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: SBAC had negative earnings growth (-83.4%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the REITs industry average (-6.1%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: SBAC's liabilities exceed its assets, so it is difficult to calculate its Return on Equity.
Short Term Liabilities: SBAC has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering short term liabilities.
Long Term Liabilities: SBAC has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: SBAC has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than a high debt level.
Reducing Debt: SBAC's has negative shareholder equity, so we do not need to check if its debt has reduced over time.
Debt Coverage: SBAC's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (10.1%).
Interest Coverage: SBAC's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (1.6x coverage).
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
12.0yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Jeff Stoops (61 yo)
19.08yrs
Tenure
US$10,156,251
Compensation
Mr. Jeffrey A. Stoops, also known as Jeff, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of SBA Communications Corporation (REIT) and SBA Communications Corp. since January 1, 2002 and April 2000 resp...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Jeff's total compensation ($USD10.16M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD10.55M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Jeff's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Steven Bernstein
Founder & Independent Chairman
32.08yrs
US$368.27k
0.094% $ 26.3m
Jeffrey Stoops
President
19.08yrs
US$10.16m
0.68% $ 189.8m
Brendan Cavanagh
Executive VP & CFO
12.42yrs
US$4.10m
0.043% $ 11.9m
Thomas Hunt
Executive VP
13.75yrs
US$4.26m
0.11% $ 30.0m
Jason Silberstein
Executive Vice President of Site Leasing
12yrs
US$3.29m
0.011% $ 3.0m
Kurt Bagwell
Executive VP & President of International
10.33yrs
US$4.31m
0.042% $ 11.8m
Mark Ciarfella
Executive Vice President of Operations
7.08yrs
no data
0.017% $ 4.7m
Brian Lazarus
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer
12.42yrs
no data
0.017% $ 4.7m
Dipan Patel
Executive Vice President of Strategy
2yrs
no data
0.00032% $ 89.3k
Jorge Grau
Chief Information Officer & Senior VP
15.08yrs
no data
no data
David Porte
Senior Vice President of International Strategy & Business Development
2.75yrs
no data
no data
Michelle Eisner
Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
2.33yrs
no data
no data
12.0yrs
Average Tenure
55.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: SBAC's management team is seasoned and experienced (12 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Steven Bernstein
Founder & Independent Chairman
32.08yrs
US$368.27k
0.094% $ 26.3m
Jeffrey Stoops
President
19.08yrs
US$10.16m
0.68% $ 189.8m
Kevin Beebe
Independent Director
11.33yrs
US$268.27k
0.012% $ 3.3m
Brian Carr
Independent Director
16.75yrs
US$268.27k
0.0032% $ 900.9k
Jack Langer
Lead Independent Director
7.08yrs
US$308.27k
0.014% $ 3.9m
Duncan Cocroft
Independent Director
16.5yrs
US$288.27k
0.062% $ 17.3m
Mary Shio Chan
Independent Director
5.75yrs
US$268.27k
0.0026% $ 714.0k
Fidelma Russo
Independent Director
1.08yrs
no data
no data
George Krouse
Independent Director
11.33yrs
US$278.27k
0.0096% $ 2.7m
11.3yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: SBAC's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 11.3 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
SBA Communications Corporation's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
SBA Communications Corporation is a first choice provider and leading owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in North, Central, and South America and South Africa. By “Building Better...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2021/03/01 00:06
End of Day Share Price
2021/02/26 00:00
Earnings
2020/12/31
Annual Earnings
2020/12/31
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