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SBA Communications (SBA Communications) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SBA Communications Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-25), the stock price of SBA Communications is $197.93. SBA Communications's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, SBA Communications's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for SBA Communications's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

SBAC's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 0.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


SBA Communications Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for SBA Communications's Graham Number 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 Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of SBA Communications's Graham Number

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, SBA Communications's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number 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's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where SBA Communications's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



SBA Communications Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

SBA Communications's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*-70.583*6.201)
=N/A

SBA Communications's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*-70.583*6.014)
=N/A

* 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.


SBA Communications  (NAS:SBAC) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

SBA Communications's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=197.93/N/A
=N/A

* 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.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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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