AMT vs CBRE vs SBAC Stock Comparison

American Tower, Cbre and Sba Communications Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AMT American Tower Corp /Ma/
$185.84 +11.0% 1M +3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$87.39B
P/E
26.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.01B
Div. yield
–
Tower REITs Real Estate
3 wins
CBRE Cbre Group, Inc.
$128.61 -1.7% 1M -15.8% 1Y
Market cap
$37.22B
P/E
27.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.01B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cbre leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cbre 5, American Tower 3, Sba Communications 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMTCBRESBACLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $87.39B $37.22B $19.85B AMT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.4x 27.0x 20.0x SBAC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.5x 17.1x 22.4x CBRE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.3% +14.8% +5.4% CBRE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.1% 3.1% 34.5% SBAC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.1% 9.1% 14.0% SBAC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.1x 2.3x 7.3x CBRE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.8% -15.8% -2.9% AMT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.0%/yr +4.3%/yr -11.8%/yr CBRE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.3% 34.5% 35.3% AMT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 57/100 46/100 CBRE

Percentile Scorecard

AMTCBRESBAC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMTCBRESBAC
Valuation 30 #8 of 11 41 #11 of 18 50 #6 of 11
Growth 78 #3 of 10 67 #6 of 16 33 #7 of 10
Profitability 38 #6 of 9 80 #4 of 16 100 #1 of 9
Financial Health 44 #6 of 10 40 #10 of 16 0 #10 of 10
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 47 57 46
  • AMT ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs
  • CBRE ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • SBAC ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMTCBRESBACSPY
1 month +11.0%-1.7%+13.6% +0.7%
3 months +6.5%-13.9%+1.6% +3.7%
6 months +1.7%-9.9%-16.4% +7.1%
Year to date +5.8%-20.0%-4.4% +12.8%
1 year +3.8%-15.8%-2.9% +11.9%
3 years +7.6%+90.5%-9.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.5%+24.0%-3.4% +22.8%
5 years -34.1%+23.6%-46.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -8.0%+4.3%-11.8% +10.9%
10 years +60.0%+395.4%+62.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +4.8%+17.4%+5.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMTCBRESBACSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.3%34.5%35.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.4%35.7%28.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.060.920.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.13-0.46-0.08 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.1%-40.4%-59.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.3%-25.1%-17.4% -1.2%
52-week high $194.12$171.61$223.75 $779.14
52-week low $161.11$121.67$158.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMTCBRESBAC
P/E now vs peer median 26.1xmedian 24.7x 26.9xmedian 21.0x 19.8xmedian 24.7x
P/S now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 6.4x 0.8xmedian 0.7x 6.8xmedian 6.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 15.4x 14.2xmedian 10.7x 19.0xmedian 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 18.7x 104.2xmedian 13.5x 18.7xmedian 18.7x
P/B now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 5.2x 4.1xmedian 1.9x -4.2xmedian 5.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.39median 0.68 0.75median 0.56 0.76median 0.68

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMTCBRESBAC
Revenue $11.01B $45.01B $2.87B
Gross profit $10.87B $8.33B $2.16B
Operating income $4.94B $2.06B $1.37B
Net income $3.38B $1.52B $992.23M
Free cash flow $3.96B $356.00M $1.05B
EPS (diluted) $7.11 $4.74 $9.32
Cash & equivalents $1.87B $1.68B $327.05M
Total debt $37.58B $8.85B $51.29B
Shares (diluted) 465.76M 291.61M 106.26M
Enterprise value $80.67B $30.52B $18.42B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMTCBRESBAC
P/E 26.1x 26.9x 19.8x
P/FCF 21.8x 104.2x 18.7x
P/Operating cash flow 15.1x 26.4x 15.3x
P/S 7.8x 0.8x 6.8x
P/B 8.8x 4.1x -4.2x
P/Tangible book -21.9x 5.9x -2.6x
EV/EBITDA 17.4x 14.2x 19.0x
EV/EBIT 24.7x 21.5x 23.4x
EV/Revenue 11.1x 1.0x 11.1x
EV/FCF 30.8x 124.3x 30.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.4x 31.5x 24.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.39 0.75 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMTCBRESBAC
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.3% 14.8% 5.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 13.0% 1.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.7% 12.3% 2.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 10.9% 1.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 3.6% 19.4% -4.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 34.0% 13.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 12.0% 14.4% 13.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 74.5% 34.9% 25.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 13.6% 15.8% 14.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 66.9% 35.9% 25.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.0% -16.4% 0.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 47.1% -3.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.3% -62.4% -1.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.8% 132.9% -3.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMTCBRESBAC
Gross margin 98.7% 18.5% 75.2%
EBITDA margin 63.6% 6.9% 58.8%
Operating margin 44.8% 4.6% 47.6%
Pretax margin 35.3% 4.3% 41.4%
Net margin 30.1% 3.1% 34.5%
FCF margin 36.0% 0.8% 36.6%
Operating cash flow margin 51.8% 3.1% 44.7%
Return on equity 33.8% 17.1% –
Return on assets 5.4% 4.9% 8.5%
Return on invested capital 9.1% 9.1% 14.0%
Return on capital employed 9.1% 10.7% 18.5%
Asset turnover 0.2x 1.5x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 0.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 0.4% 2.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMTCBRESBAC
Debt / assets 59.7% 28.2% 108.4%
Debt / equity 3.8x 1.0x -2.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.1x 2.3x 7.3x
Debt / FCF 9.5x 24.9x 12.1x
Liabilities / assets 84.5% 71.2% 139.4%
Equity / assets 15.5% 28.8% -39.4%
Interest coverage 3.5x – –
Current ratio 0.4x 1.2x 0.2x
Quick ratio 0.3x 1.0x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.18 3.16 0.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMTCBRESBAC
Dividend yield 3.8% – 2.6%
Net buyback yield 1.0% 3.9% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 4.8% 3.9% 4.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMTCBRESBAC
Forward P/E 27.5xFY2026 17.1xFY2026 22.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.75FY2026 $7.50FY2026 $8.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +17.6%FY2026 -15.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -0.3% +12.0% -6.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.51BFY2026 $45.64BFY2026 $2.66BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026 -5.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.0% +16.2% +7.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMTCBRESBAC
Held by institutions 94.4% 96.9% 98.9%
Institutions holding 1,744 1,068 681
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +0.6% +2.4%
Institutions buying 861 519 343
Institutions selling 657 405 241
Buyers to sellers 1.31 1.28 1.42

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMTCBRESBAC
AMT 1.00 0.13 0.73
CBRE 0.13 1.00 0.12
SBAC 0.73 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMT, CBRE and SBAC?

American Tower (AMT) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Tower (AMT) $87.39B, Cbre (CBRE) $37.22B, Sba Communications (SBAC) $19.85B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMT, CBRE and SBAC?

Sba Communications (SBAC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Tower (AMT) 26.4x, Cbre (CBRE) 27.0x, Sba Communications (SBAC) 20.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cbre (CBRE) is cheapest (American Tower (AMT) 27.5x, Cbre (CBRE) 17.1x, Sba Communications (SBAC) 22.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cbre (CBRE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: American Tower (AMT) +5.3%, Cbre (CBRE) +14.8%, Sba Communications (SBAC) +5.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sba Communications (SBAC) has the highest net margin (American Tower (AMT) 30.1%, Cbre (CBRE) 3.1%, Sba Communications (SBAC) 34.5%). On return on invested capital, Sba Communications (SBAC) leads (American Tower (AMT) 9.1%, Cbre (CBRE) 9.1%, Sba Communications (SBAC) 14.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year American Tower (AMT) returned the most: American Tower (AMT) +3.8%, Cbre (CBRE) -15.8%, Sba Communications (SBAC) -2.9%. Over five years, Cbre (CBRE) compounded fastest (American Tower (AMT) -8.0%/yr, Cbre (CBRE) +4.3%/yr, Sba Communications (SBAC) -11.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, American Tower (AMT) has been the steadiest (American Tower (AMT) 28.3%, Cbre (CBRE) 34.5%, Sba Communications (SBAC) 35.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMT, CBRE and SBAC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cbre (CBRE) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.