AMT vs SBAC vs WELL Stock Comparison

American Tower, Sba Communications and Welltower 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
$87.53B
P/E
26.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.01B
Div. yield
–
Tower REITs Real Estate
2 wins
WELL Welltower Inc.
$233.13 +0.1% 1M +31.7% 1Y
Market cap
$172.71B
P/E
103.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.79B
Div. yield
–
Healthcare REITs Real Estate
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Welltower leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Welltower 5, Sba Communications 4, American Tower 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMTSBACWELLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $87.53B $19.38B $172.71B WELL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.4x 19.6x 103.6x SBAC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.5x 22.4x 77.2x SBAC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.3% +5.4% +39.2% WELL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.1% 34.5% 12.1% SBAC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.1% 14.0% -3.4% SBAC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.1x 7.3x 26.6x AMT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.8% -2.9% +31.7% WELL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.0%/yr -11.8%/yr +23.7%/yr WELL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.3% 35.3% 23.5% WELL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 46/100 37/100 AMT

Percentile Scorecard

AMTSBACWELL

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

AxisAMTSBACWELL
Valuation 30 #8 of 11 50 #6 of 11 0 #145 of 145
Growth 78 #3 of 10 33 #7 of 10 80 #29 of 143
Profitability 38 #6 of 9 100 #1 of 9 21 #108 of 136
Financial Health 44 #6 of 10 0 #10 of 10 83 #24 of 138
Shareholder Returns – – 2 #129 of 131
Overall 47 46 37
  • AMT ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs
  • SBAC ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs
  • WELL ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMTSBACWELLSPY
1 month +11.0%+13.6%+0.1% +0.7%
3 months +6.5%+1.6%-1.0% +3.7%
6 months +1.7%-16.4%+7.3% +7.1%
Year to date +5.8%-4.4%+25.6% +12.8%
1 year +3.8%-2.9%+31.7% +11.9%
3 years +7.6%-9.8%+184.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.5%-3.4%+41.8% +22.8%
5 years -34.1%-46.5%+190.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year -8.0%-11.8%+23.7% +10.9%
10 years +60.0%+62.6%+240.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +4.8%+5.0%+13.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMTSBACWELLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.3%35.3%23.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.4%28.7%25.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.060.14-0.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.13-0.081.35 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.1%-59.4%-41.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.3%-17.4%-7.6% -1.2%
52-week high $194.12$223.75$252.22 $779.14
52-week low $161.11$158.02$176.96 $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.

MultipleAMTSBACWELL
P/E now vs peer median 26.1xmedian 24.7x 19.8xmedian 24.7x 101.3xmedian 25.7x
P/S now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 6.4x 6.8xmedian 6.4x 12.4xmedian 4.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 15.4x 19.0xmedian 15.4x 364.2xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 18.7x 18.7xmedian 18.7x -9.5xmedian 23.5x
P/B now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 5.2x -4.2xmedian 5.2x 3.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.39median 0.68 0.76median 0.68 1.53median 1.86

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 monthsAMTSBACWELL
Revenue $11.01B $2.87B $13.79B
Gross profit $10.87B $2.16B $5.41B
Operating income $4.94B $1.37B -$2.20B
Net income $3.38B $992.23M $1.75B
Free cash flow $3.96B $1.05B -$17.96B
EPS (diluted) $7.11 $9.32 $2.21
Cash & equivalents $1.87B $327.05M $2.27B
Total debt $37.58B $51.29B $15.73B
Shares (diluted) 465.76M 106.26M 754.90M
Enterprise value $80.81B $17.95B $158.73B

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
MetricAMTSBACWELL
P/E 26.1x 19.8x 101.3x
P/FCF 21.8x 18.7x -9.5x
P/Operating cash flow 15.1x 15.3x 51.3x
P/S 7.8x 6.8x 12.4x
P/B 8.8x -4.2x 3.4x
P/Tangible book -21.9x -2.6x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA 17.4x 19.0x 364.2x
EV/EBIT 24.7x 23.4x -83.8x
EV/Revenue 11.1x 11.1x 13.4x
EV/FCF 30.8x 30.4x -10.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.4x 24.9x 55.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.39 0.76 1.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMTSBACWELL
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.3% 5.4% 39.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 1.9% 29.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.7% 2.9% 37.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 1.8% 28.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 3.6% -4.2% -344.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 13.2% -65.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 12.0% 13.0% 80.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 74.5% 25.3% 86.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 13.6% 14.4% 57.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 66.9% 25.9% 66.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.0% 0.0% 19.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.2% -3.3% 30.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.3% -1.0% -282.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.8% -3.9% -162.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMTSBACWELL
Gross margin 98.7% 75.2% 39.2%
EBITDA margin 63.6% 58.8% 3.7%
Operating margin 44.8% 47.6% -16.0%
Pretax margin 35.3% 41.4% -16.0%
Net margin 30.1% 34.5% 12.1%
FCF margin 36.0% 36.6% -130.2%
Operating cash flow margin 51.8% 44.7% 24.1%
Return on equity 33.8% – 3.6%
Return on assets 5.4% 8.5% 2.4%
Return on invested capital 9.1% 14.0% -3.4%
Return on capital employed 9.1% 18.5% –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.3x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 2.9% 11.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMTSBACWELL
Debt / assets 59.7% 108.4% 21.3%
Debt / equity 3.8x -2.7x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.1x 7.3x 26.6x
Debt / FCF 9.5x 12.1x -0.9x
Liabilities / assets 84.5% 139.4% 32.7%
Equity / assets 15.5% -39.4% 67.3%
Interest coverage 3.5x – –
Current ratio 0.4x 0.2x –
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.1x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x –
Altman Z-score 1.18 0.13 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMTSBACWELL
Dividend yield 3.8% 2.6% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 1.0% 1.6% -5.6%
Shareholder yield 4.8% 4.3% -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.

ConsensusAMTSBACWELL
Forward P/E 27.5xFY2026 22.4xFY2026 77.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.75FY2026 $8.24FY2026 $3.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 -15.9%FY2026 +117.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -0.3% -6.3% +14.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.51BFY2026 $2.66BFY2026 $13.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 -5.8%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.0% +7.5% +16.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMTSBACWELL
Held by institutions 94.4% 98.9% 98.3%
Institutions holding 1,744 681 1,586
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +2.4% +5.6%
Institutions buying 861 343 879
Institutions selling 657 241 475
Buyers to sellers 1.31 1.42 1.85

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.

AMTSBACWELL
AMT 1.00 0.73 0.23
SBAC 0.73 1.00 0.24
WELL 0.23 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMT, SBAC and WELL?

Welltower (WELL) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Tower (AMT) $87.53B, Sba Communications (SBAC) $19.38B, Welltower (WELL) $172.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMT, SBAC and WELL?

Sba Communications (SBAC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Tower (AMT) 26.4x, Sba Communications (SBAC) 19.6x, Welltower (WELL) 103.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sba Communications (SBAC) is cheapest (American Tower (AMT) 27.5x, Sba Communications (SBAC) 22.4x, Welltower (WELL) 77.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Welltower (WELL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: American Tower (AMT) +5.3%, Sba Communications (SBAC) +5.4%, Welltower (WELL) +39.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sba Communications (SBAC) has the highest net margin (American Tower (AMT) 30.1%, Sba Communications (SBAC) 34.5%, Welltower (WELL) 12.1%). On return on invested capital, Sba Communications (SBAC) leads (American Tower (AMT) 9.1%, Sba Communications (SBAC) 14.0%, Welltower (WELL) -3.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Welltower (WELL) returned the most: American Tower (AMT) +3.8%, Sba Communications (SBAC) -2.9%, Welltower (WELL) +31.7%. Over five years, Welltower (WELL) compounded fastest (American Tower (AMT) -8.0%/yr, Sba Communications (SBAC) -11.8%/yr, Welltower (WELL) +23.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Welltower (WELL) has been the steadiest (American Tower (AMT) 28.3%, Sba Communications (SBAC) 35.3%, Welltower (WELL) 23.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Welltower (WELL) 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.