Sba Communications (SBAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

Sba Communications (SBAC) recorded annual Operating Margin of 47.7% in FY2025, down 94.92% year-over-year from 939.21% in FY2024.

Sba Communications (SBAC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Sba Communications' Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 47.7% for FY2025.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 168.0% year-over-year to 48.74%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 47.32% (down 656.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 47.7%, down 89151.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 47.7% for FY2025 at Sba Communications, down from 939.21% in the prior year.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 939.21% in FY2024 to a low of 25.9% in FY2021.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 276.74% across 5 years, with a median of 59.18% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin surged 88004 bps in 2024, then plunged 89151 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 25.9% in 2021, then jumped by 1103 bps to 311.71% in 2022, then slumped by 81 bps to 59.18% in 2023, then soared by 1487 bps to 939.21% in 2024, then plunged by 95 bps to 47.7% in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 47.7% (FY2025), 939.21% (FY2024), and 59.18% (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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6 Sba Communications 21.58 Bn 21.67 Bn 532.10 Mn -
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10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 47.70%
Dec 31, 2024 939.21%
Dec 31, 2023 59.18%
Dec 31, 2022 311.71%
Dec 31, 2021 25.90%
Dec 31, 2020 -2.90%
Dec 31, 2019 1.95%
Dec 31, 2018 0.58%
Dec 31, 2017 438.75%
Dec 31, 2016 1.87%
Dec 31, 2015 19.07%
Dec 31, 2014 22.04%
Dec 31, 2013 17.60%
Dec 31, 2012 -6.50%
Dec 31, 2011 15.85%
Dec 31, 2010 -10.80%
Dec 31, 2009 9.89%