Comparison

AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/ (AMT) vs SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP (SBAC)

The same filed metrics for both companies, side by side.

What each names as a risk in its own annual report, how each is priced against its own history, and the tracked managers whose latest 13F reports a position in both.

Financials

AMT

AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/

REIT—Specialty

Revenue, FY25: $10.64B
Net income: $2.63B
Operating cash flow: $5.46B
Free cash flow: -
Net margin: 24.69%
Operating margin: 45.52%
Gross margin: -

SBAC

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP

REIT—Specialty

Revenue, FY25: $2.82B
Net income: $1.05B
Operating cash flow: $1.29B
Free cash flow: $1.07B
Net margin: 37.43%
Operating margin: 47.70%
Gross margin: 75.46%

Head-to-head

Filed growth, quality and valuation, read against each company’s own history rather than against the other side.

Metric	AMT	SBAC
Revenue growth, latest filed year	+5.11%	+5.06%
Piotroski F-score	6 of 8	7 of 9
P/E against its own history	56.53% below	68.01% below

What each says it is exposed to

From Item 1A of each company’s most recent 10-K.

AMT

Debt covenants
Inflation
Currency moves
Tax
Cybersecurity
Goodwill impairment

And 13 more.

SBAC

Debt covenants
Interest rates
Currency moves
Tax
Data privacy
Key people

And 9 more.

Tracked managers holding both

Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management 0.10% · 0.02%

Updated Sep 14, 2026 · the newer of the two companies' filings