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Sba Communications Corporation (XNAS:SBAC) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today

Primary Facts

SBAC

Name:

SBA Communications Corporation (XNAS:SBAC)

Sector:

286.47M

Industry:

REIT�Specialty

CEO:

Mr. Jeffrey Stoops

Total Employees:

1,596

Our Technological Advancement Rating

Our Rating:

B

Technological advancement compared to industry is 14.06% higher

ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION(SBAC) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND REIT�SPECIALTY INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022

Primary Targets/Price Insights

Previous Close ($) :

318.21

One Month Price Target:

$319.01

Six Month Price Target :

$323.03

Likely Price in One Year's Time:

Ticker:

$327.85

Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
 

$317.29

Price Upper limit ($) :

$319.55

Price Lower limit ($) :

Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)

Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:

Today:

$304.76

                                                               This week:

$288.13

                                                        This month :

$258.05

Other Primary facts

Market Cap:

34.33B

Market Cap Classification:

Large Cap

Number of Shares

IPO Date:

107.88M

Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
 

Highest Daily Appreciation:

12.43%

-8.93%

Worst Daily Decline:

Our Options Trading Entry Points

Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time

Low risk (<2%) entry points

Buy Call:

Sell Call:

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$380.61

$351.77

$255.81

$284.65

Medium risk (<10%) entry points

Buy Call

Sell Call

$342.39

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$336.23

$293.95

$300.19

These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.

Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of

SBAC

Sharpe Ratio:

2.70%

Comparison:

SBAC, is amongst the top 40% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns

Sharpe ratio is 37.01% higher than the industry

& ratio is 18.61% higher than the market/S&P 500 average

Average Returns/Yield of

SBAC

Daily returns:

0.07%

Weekly returns:

0.33%

Monthly returns:

1.31%

Yearly returns:

14.77%

Comparison of returns:

Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is 6.20% above industry average

Classification:

SBAC, is amongst the top 40% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns

Results of T-Test of Returns:

0.86

Statistical test of Returns:

SBAC has not yielded statistically significant higher returns when compared to the market

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Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)

Daily Volatility:

2.09%

Weekly Volatility:

4.67%

Monthly Volatility:

9.35%

Yearly Volatility:

32.38%

Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation) 

Average Volatility of this Week:

1.49%

Volatility in last five trading days has been -28.78% below long-term volatility

Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)

Daily VaR:

-4.23%

Weekly VaR:

-9.45%

Monthly VaR:

-18.91%

How Much Can the price of

SBAC

Decline in a Recession?

Likely price decline in a recession: 

Base case (decline):

-16%

Worst case (decline):

-65.50%

This translates to price declining to:

$267.39

This translates to price declining to:

$109.79

Severe Crash Probability

Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: High (50-70%)

What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

VaR explained figure

Risk Fundamentals

SBAC is a 33.45% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 14.32% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)

Risk (measured by volatility) is -25.56% below industry average

Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks

Beta Examination of

SBAC

Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--0.45

Expected beta in 1 year's time:

0.519

Expected beta in 3 year's time:

0.734

Unlevered (debt free) Beta:

-0.347

Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):

0.636

Beta in relation to all global stocks::

0.665

Beta Comparison & Analysis

Beta of competitors/peers::

0.991

Beta is -54.52% lower than peers

Average Industry Beta: 

0.954

Beta is -52.72% below industry average

Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis

Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:

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Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis 

Alpha provided:

0.094

Alpha is 85.67% above industry average alpha yield

Alpha is 601% higher than market/& is unsustainably high

Analysis of Cost of Capital of

SBAC

Equity cost of capital:

0.062

Equity cost of capital is -35.57% below industry mean WACC

Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:  

-4.80%

Before-tax cost of debt:

2.62%

After-tax cost of debt:

2.07%

Overall debt rating:

High AA grade (second highest grade)

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

2.07%

WACC is -98.29% below industry mean WACC

Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis

Revenue per share:

$22.06

Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):

-6.37

Annual revenue growth rate is 67.02% above the industry average

EPS:

$3.96

Expected Annual growth rate of  EPS (3Y):

18.07%

Expected future EPS growth rate is -32.85% lower than the REIT�Specialty industry

Free cash flow (FCF) per share:

$9.69

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Debt per share

$135.88

EBITDA per share

$14.80

Valuation Analysis Today of

SBAC

P/E Ratio:

98.59

P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:

114.46

P/E ratio is -13.87% lower than main peers & is 18.61% higher than the industry

Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $329.14

SBAC is -3.32% undervalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio

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P/S (Price to Sales ratio):

14.42

Price to sales ratio is 98.11% above the industry mean

P/B (Price to book value ratio):

-6.37

Price to free cash flow: 32.83

Price to free cash flow ratio is 12.97% higher than the industry

Net income growth rate (3Y):

419.79%

Net income growth rate is 56.87% higher than the average industry net income growth rate

Dividend Analysis

Dividend payout rate: 17.55%

Dividend yeild: 0.81%

Previous Dividend: $0.71

Previous adjusted dividend: $0.71

Previous Dividend: $2.58

Expected next dividend best case: $0.80

Expected next dividend worst case: $0.62

Average dividend payment (long-term): $0.54

Average dividend increase/decrease (growth rate) % per period: 7.28%

Expected next dividend payment date: 09/12/2022

Expected next dividend record date: 17/08/2022

Expected next dividend declaration date: 25/07/2022

Previous dividend payment date: 14/06/2022

Previous dividend record date: 19/05/2022

Previous dividend declaration date: 25/04/2022

Dividend History:

2022-05-18--$0.71

2021-11-17--$0.58

2021-05-19--$0.58

2022-03-09--$0.71

2021-08-25--$0.58

2021-03-09--$0.58

Dividend growth rate is -85.87% lower than the industry average

In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis

Debt to equity ratio:

-270.19%

Net debt to equity ratio:

-270.46%

Debt to assets ratio:

144.53%

Net debt to assets ratio:

144.67%

Debt-to-asset ratio is 87.73% above industry average

Ability to repay debt:

Interest coverage ratio:

4.07

Interest coverage ratio is -22.76% less than industry average

Looking forward:

Debt growth rate:

0.00%

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Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 0.00%

Analysis of Key Statistics  

Correlation of price movement with the market:

0.604

Statistical significance of correlation:

SBAC has a statistically significant correlation with the market

Average Correlation of  the industry with the market:

0.604

Stock price is -0.02% less correlated with the market compared to the industry average correlation

R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market): 

0.604

Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):

0.008

Covariance  of price movement with the market:

0.01

Kurtosis 

3.811

Returns have moderate fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are more probable, compared to assets with normally distributed returns

Skewness of returns:

0.42

Returns are, approximately, symmetrical

Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of

SBAC

Gross Profit Margin Ratio:

304%

Operating Profit Margin Ratio:

34.70%

Operating profit margin is 91.95% higher than the industry

Net Profit Margin Ratio:

304%

Effective Tax Rate:

14.85%

Effective tax rate is 39.19% higher than the industry

Dupont Method

Net Profit Margin

Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):

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ROA

=

×

-8.07%

Return on equity (ROE) is -144.07% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage

Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):

4.32%

Return on assets (ROA) is -15.49% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage:

-2.2x

Current Ratio:

0.84

Current ratio is -52.14% below industry average

Cash Conversion Cycle (days):

1

Cash conversion cycle is -97.68% below industry average

The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 26.0 years

Stock based compensation to net income ratio:

5.65%

In-depth Efficiency  Analysis

Revenue generated per employee:

1.5M

Each employee generates -81% less revenue than industry average revenue per employee

EBITDA generated per employee: 

1.0M

Each employee generates -85% less EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee

Profit generated per employee: 

274.4K

Each employee generates -91% less net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee

Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee: 

179.5K

Each employee generates -87% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Assets/Capital per employee

6.0M

Each employee generates -87% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Research & Development (R&D) Analysis

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Competitors/Peer firms of 

SBAC

COSTAR GROUP, INC. (XNAS:CSGP)

BPY

BROOKFIE PPTY PRT CL A SRS 1 PRF UNT (XNAS:BPYPP)

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY (XNAS:LAMR)

CYRUSONE INC. (XNAS:CONE)

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (XNAS:GLPI)

AGNC INVESTMENT CORP. (XNAS:AGNCM)

AGNC INVESTMENT CORP. (XNAS:AGNCN)

AGNC INVESTMENT CORP. (XNAS:AGNC)

Current Analyst Ratings

Strong buy�13%

Buy�46%

Hold�25%

Sell�0%

Strong sell�0%

Overall analyst sentiment is: Buy

Income Statement

Period:

TTM

Date:

3/31/22

Revenue:

2.38B

Cost of Revenue:

Gross Profit:

R&D Expense

General & Admin Expenses:

Selling, General & Admin Expenses

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Other Expenses :

Operating Expenses :

Cost & Expenses :

Interest Income:

Interest Expenses:

Depreciation & Amortization:

EBITDA:

Operating Income:

Other Income Expenses:

Income Before Tax:

Income Tax Expense:

Net Income:

Balance Sheet

Date:

Calendar Year:

Period:

Cash & Cash Equivalents:

Short Term Investments:

Cash & Short Term Investments:

Net Receivables:

Inventory:

Other Current Assets:

Total Current Assets:

PP&E:

Goodwill: 

Intangible Assets: 

Long Term Investments: 

Tax Assets: 

Other Non-Current Assets: 

Total Non-Current Assets: 

Other Assets: 

Total Assets: 

Accounts Payable: 

Short Term Debt:

Tax Payables:

Deferred Revenue:

Other Current Liabilities:

Total Current Liabilities:

Long Term Debt:

Other Non-Current Liabilities:

Total Non Current Liabilities:

Other Liabilities:

Total Liabilities:

Common Stock:

Retained Earnings:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

Other Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Total Investments:

Total Debt:

Net Debt:

568.64M

1.81B

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-

230.55M

-

691.33M

921.88M

5.32M

391.89M

690.60M

1.60B

825.70M

437.99M

514.01M

76.34M

437.99M

Statement of Cash Flow

Date:

Period:

174.32M

Differed Income Tax :

34.26M

Stock Based Compensation :

24.75M

Change in Working Capital :

- 12774.00K

Accounts Receivables:

-

Other Working Capital:

-

Other Non-Cash Items:

- 84382.00K

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

324.48M

Investments in PP&E:

-

Net Acquisitions:

- 215181.00K

Purchases of Investments:

-

Sales/Maturities of Investments:

Other Investing Activities:

​Net Cash Used for Investing Activities:

Debt Repayment:

Common Stock Issued:

Common Stock Repurchased:

Dividend Paid:

Other Financing Activities:

Net Cash Used Provided by Financing Activities:

Effect of FOREX on Changes in Cash:

Net Changes in Cash:

Cash at End of Period:

Cash at Beginning of Period:

Operating Cash Flow:

Capital Expenditure:

Free Cash Flow (FCF):

3/31/22

2022

Q1

263.57M

-

263.57M

169.61M

-

106.24M

539.42M

6.05B

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-

-

-

638.41M

9.60B

-

10.14B

40.58M

278.45M

-

195.55M

125.71M

640.29M

14.66B

232.80M

14.89B

-

15.53B

1.08M

- 7523696.00K

- 591364.0K

2.69B

March 31, 2022 at 6:00:00 AM

1.49B

- 5425147.00K

10.11B

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14.94B

14.7B

-

- 40700.00K

- 255881.00K

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- 431667.00K

- 76873.00K

324.79M

- 183750.00K

15.96M

- 99188.00K

336.44M

435.63M

324.48M

- 38008.00K

286.47M

Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating

Our Rating:

B

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Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of

SBAC

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

$329.49

$467.70

$481.87

$496.47

$511.51

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