Crown Castle (CCI) Competitors

SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) and Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is SBAC or CCI more profitable?

SBA Communications has a net margin of 20.61% compared to SBA Communications' net margin of 20.32%. SBA Communications' return on equity of 21.30% beat Crown Castle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SBA Communications	20.61%	-10.75%	5.40%
Crown Castle	20.32%	21.30%	3.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBAC or CCI?

SBA Communications received 56 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.25% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.39% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SBA Communications	Outperform Votes 806 67.39%	Underperform Votes 390 32.61%
Crown Castle	Outperform Votes 750 69.25%	Underperform Votes 333 30.75%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SBAC or CCI?

Crown Castle has higher revenue and earnings than SBA Communications. Crown Castle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SBA Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SBA Communications	$2.71B	7.79	$501.81M	$5.10	38.56
Crown Castle	$6.98B	6.38	$1.50B	$3.20	32.05

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SBAC or CCI?

97.4% of SBA Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Crown Castle shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Crown Castle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor SBAC or CCI?

In the previous week, SBA Communications had 4 more articles in the media than Crown Castle. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SBA Communications and 7 mentions for Crown Castle. SBA Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Crown Castle's score of 0.80 indicating that Crown Castle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SBA Communications	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crown Castle	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SBAC or CCI?

SBA Communications has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Castle has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SBAC or CCI a better dividend stock?

SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Crown Castle pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. SBA Communications pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crown Castle pays out 195.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SBA Communications has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Crown Castle has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Crown Castle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend SBAC or CCI?

SBA Communications presently has a consensus price target of $252.17, suggesting a potential upside of 28.21%. Crown Castle has a consensus price target of $112.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.82%. Given Crown Castle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Crown Castle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SBA Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09
Crown Castle	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Summary

SBA Communications beats Crown Castle on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.