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SBA Communications (SBA Communications) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 8.72 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

SBA Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $917 Mil. SBA Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,547 Mil. SBA Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,658 Mil. SBA Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.72.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for SBA Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SBAC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.3   Med: 9.15   Max: 12.24
Current: 8.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SBA Communications was 12.24. The lowest was 8.30. And the median was 9.15.

SBAC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
58.82% of 510 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.145 vs SBAC: 8.50

SBA Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for SBA Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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SBA Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.07 12.24 10.74 9.29 8.50

SBA Communications Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.95 8.56 8.03 9.69 8.72

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, SBA Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


SBA Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, SBA Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SBA Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



SBA Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

SBA Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(916.609 + 13546.856) / 1701.053
=8.50

SBA Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(916.609 + 13546.856) / 1658.3
=8.72

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


SBA Communications  (NAS:SBAC) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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SBA Communications (SBA Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8051 Congress Avenue, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33487
SBA Communications owns and operates almost 40,000 cell towers throughout North America, South America, and Africa. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, who install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with most revenue in each market being generated by just the top few mobile carriers. The company owns more than 17,000 towers in the U.S., which accounted for about three fourths of the company's total revenue in 2022. Internationally, SBA's greatest presence is in Brazil, where it operates roughly 10,000 towers. SBA operates as a real estate investment trust, or REIT.
Executives
Jason V Silberstein officer: Vice President-Property Mgt
Brian D Lazarus officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 5900 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Steven E Bernstein director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman C/O SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP, ONE TOWN CENTER ROAD - THIRD FLOOR, BOCO RATON FL 83486
Mark R Ciarfella officer: SVP ?? Operations C/O SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 5900 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY NW, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Joshua Koenig officer: Executive VP/General Counsel C/O SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 8051 CONGRESS AVENUE, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Jeffrey Stoops director, officer: Chief Executive Officer & Pres SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP, ONE TOWN CENTER ROAD THIRD FLOOR, BOCA RATON FL 33486
Krouse George R Jr director C/O SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 5900 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Kevin L Beebe director ONE ALLIED DRIVE, LITTLE ROCK AR 72202
Marc Montagner officer: EVP - Finance C/O ENDURANCE INT'L GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 10 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 300, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Laurie Bowen director C/O SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 8051 CONGRESS AVENUE, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Amy E Wilson director 2211 H.H. DOW WAY, MIDLAND MI 48674
Richard M Cane officer: EVP; Pres. - International C/O SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 8051 CONGRESS AVENUE, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Duncan Cocroft director 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jay Lecoryelle Johnson director C/O DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY, 2 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1400, BETHESDA MD 20814
Kurt L Bagwell officer: Chief Operating Officer SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP, 5900 BROKEN SOUND PKWY, BOCA RATON FL 33487