SBA Communications Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results; Provides Full Year 2026 Outlook; and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

BOCA RATON, Fla.--( BUSINESS WIRE)--SBA Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: SBAC) ("SBA" or the "Company") today reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.

Highlights of the fourth quarter include:

In addition, the Company announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.25 per share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, an increase of approximately 13% over the dividend paid in the fourth quarter. The distribution is payable March 27, 2026 to the shareholders of record at the close of business on March 13, 2026.

“Today we are pleased to announce a solid finish to 2025, with positive fourth quarter financial and operating results,” commented Brendan Cavanagh, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Globally, we continued to see our carrier customers invest in their networks, both densifying and expanding their coverage footprints. The deployment of new spectrum bands, compliance with regulatory requirements and the advancement of 5G use cases like Fixed Wireless Access all contributed to this investment and will continue to drive further organic growth across our portfolio. During the fourth quarter, we also closed on the majority of the remaining sites purchased from Millicom International in Central America, strengthening our position across this region, and our teams are actively working to integrate these sites into our portfolio. In addition, since the date of our last earnings release, we have spent $175 million to repurchase and retire over 916 thousand shares of our common stock at an immediately accretive average price of $191.00 per share. Lastly, in today’s press release, we have provided our initial 2026 full year outlook. Our outlook incorporates the full removal of all contracted revenue from EchoStar. While we intend to pursue our contracted legal rights to these amounts, we believe excluding these revenues provides the cleanest view of our forward expectations given the existing dispute and lack of payment from this customer. Our outlook contemplates continued steady contributions across all of our markets from each of our key customers. This outlook is also supportive of today’s announced dividend increase of 13%. This dividend on an annual basis represents approximately 41% of AFFO in our 2026 outlook, leaving us with significant capital available for potential additional portfolio growth and potential stock repurchases. Our business remains strong, and we are excited about the long-term future of wireless growth.”

Operating Results

The table below details select financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and comparisons to the prior year period.

% Change

excluding

Q4 2025

Q4 2024

$ Change

% Change

FX (1)

Consolidated

($ in millions, except per share amounts)

Site leasing revenue

666.2

646.3

19.9

3.1%

1.6%

Site development revenue

53.4

47.4

6.0

12.7%

Site leasing segment operating profit (2)

535.5

530.2

5.3

1.0%

(0.2%)

Tower cash flow (1)

532.2

527.8

4.4

0.8%

(0.4%)

Net cash interest expense

116.7

89.5

27.2

30.4%

30.6%

Net income (3)

370.4

178.8

191.6

107.2%

39.9%

Earnings per share — diluted

3.47

1.61

1.87

116.2%

41.8%

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

486.0

489.3

(3.3)

(0.7%)

(1.9%)

AFFO (1)

340.4

375.1

(34.7)

(9.2%)

(10.7%)

AFFO per share (1)

3.19

3.47

(0.28)

(8.1%)

(9.5%)

(1)

See the reconciliations and other disclosures under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” later in this press release.

(2)

Site leasing contributed 98.4% and 97.9% of the Company’s total operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(3)

Net income includes a $10.3 million loss and $77.8 million loss, net of taxes, on the currency-related remeasurement of intercompany loans with foreign subsidiaries which are denominated in a currency other than the subsidiaries’ functional currencies for the fourth quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively. Net income in the fourth quarter of 2025 also included a $226.3 million gain on the sale of substantially all of the Company’s operations in Canada.

The table below details select financial results by segment for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and comparisons to the prior year period.

% Change

excluding

Q4 2025

Q4 2024

$ Change

% Change

($ in millions)

Domestic site leasing revenue

464.5

471.8

(7.3)

(1.6%)

Domestic cash site leasing revenue (1)

466.0

472.3

(6.3)

(1.3%)

Domestic site leasing segment operating profit

393.2

403.0

(9.8)

(2.4%)

Domestic site leasing tower cash flow (1)

393.5

401.0

(7.5)

(1.9%)

Int'l site leasing revenue

201.7

174.5

27.2

15.6%

10.2%

Int'l cash site leasing revenue (1)

197.4

173.8

23.6

13.6%

8.2%

Int'l site leasing segment operating profit

142.3

127.2

15.1

11.9%

6.8%

Int'l site leasing tower cash flow (1)

138.7

126.8

11.9

9.4%

4.3%

(1) See the reconciliations and other disclosures under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” later in this press release.

The table below details key margins for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and comparisons to the prior year period.

Q4 2025

Q4 2024

Tower Cash Flow Margin (1)

80.2%

81.7%

Adjusted EBITDA Margin (1)

67.8%

70.6%

(1) See the reconciliations and other disclosures under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” later in this press release.

Investing Activities

During the fourth quarter of 2025, SBA acquired 2,026 communication sites, including 2,020 sites from the previously announced Millicom transaction, for total cash consideration of $236.4 million. SBA also built 164 towers during the fourth quarter of 2025. As of December 31, 2025, SBA owned or operated 46,328 communication sites, 17,394 of which are located in the United States and its territories and 28,934 of which are located internationally. In addition, the Company spent $17.1 million to purchase land and easements and to extend lease terms. Total cash capital expenditures for the fourth quarter of 2025 were $457.1 million (of which $139.6 million related to purchases from the third quarter), consisting of $15.7 million of non-discretionary cash capital expenditures (tower maintenance and general corporate) and $441.4 million of discretionary cash capital expenditures (new tower builds, tower augmentations, acquisitions, and purchasing land and easements).

Subsequent to quarter end, the Company closed on an acquisition for the rights to land underneath approximately 3,900 communication sites in Guatemala for $109.0 million. As of the date of this press release, the Company purchased or is under contract to purchase 48 communication sites for an aggregate consideration of $45.0 million in cash, which it expects to close by the end of the second quarter of 2026.

On October 15, 2025, the Company sold substantially all of its operations in Canada.

Financing Activities and Liquidity

SBA ended the fourth quarter of 2025 with $13.0 billion of total debt, $10.0 billion of total secured debt, $0.4 billion of cash and cash equivalents, short-term restricted cash, and short-term investments, and $12.5 billion of Net Debt. SBA’s Net Debt and Net Secured Debt to Annualized Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratios were 6.4x and 4.9x, respectively.

On January 9, 2026, the Company, using borrowings from the Revolving Credit Facility, repaid the aggregate principal amount of the 2020-1C Tower Securities ($750.0 million) and on January 30, 2026, the Company repaid $39.5 million of the principal amount of the 2020-2R Tower Securities. The remaining balance of the 2020-2R Tower Securities is $31.6 million.

As of the date of this press release, the Company had $1.205 billion outstanding under its $2.0 billion Revolving Credit Facility.

During the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company repurchased 1.1 million shares of its Class A common stock for $213.0 million at an average price per share of $191.07 under its $1.5 billion stock repurchase plan. Subsequent to the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company repurchased an additional 12 thousand shares of its Class A common stock for $2.2 million at an average price per share of $188.66. The Company has repurchased 2.5 million shares of its Class A common stock for $500.0 million at an average price per share of $200.67 during 2025 and through the date of this press release. After these repurchases, the Company had $1.1 billion of authorization remaining under the plan. Shares repurchased were retired.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company declared and paid a cash dividend of $118.2 million.

Outlook

The Company is providing its initial full year 2026 Outlook for anticipated results. The 2026 Outlook provided is based on a number of assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable at the time of this press release. Information regarding potential risks that could cause the actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements is set forth below and in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company’s full year 2026 Outlook assumes the acquisitions of only those communication sites under contract which are expected to close in 2026 at the time of this press release. The Company may spend additional capital in 2026 on acquiring revenue producing assets not yet identified or under contract, the impact of which is not reflected in the 2026 Outlook. The 2026 Outlook also does not contemplate any additional repurchases of the Company’s stock or new debt financings during 2026 (other than the refinancing of the 2021-1C Tower Securities as discussed below), although the Company may ultimately spend capital to repurchase stock or issue new debt during the remainder of the year.

The Company’s 2026 Outlook assumes an average foreign currency exchange rate of 5.20 Brazilian Reais to 1.0 U.S. Dollar, 2,525 Tanzanian Shillings to 1.0 U.S. Dollar, and 16.40 South African Rand to 1.0 U.S. Dollar throughout 2026. When compared to 2025 actual foreign currency exchange rates, these 2026 foreign currency rate assumptions positively impacted the 2026 full year Outlook by approximately $34.4 million for leasing revenue, $23.9 million for Tower Cash Flow, $21.4 million for Adjusted EBITDA, and $20.2 million for AFFO.

(in millions, except per share amounts)

Full Year 2026

Site leasing revenue

2,625.0

2,650.0

Site development revenue

190.0

210.0

Total revenues

2,815.0

2,860.0

Tower Cash Flow (1)

2,082.0

2,102.0

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

1,912.0

1,932.0

Net cash interest expense (2)(3)

492.0

500.0

Non-discretionary cash capital expenditures (4)

67.0

77.0

AFFO (1)

1,260.0

1,308.0

AFFO per share (1) (5)

11.84

12.29

Discretionary cash capital expenditures (6)

430.0

450.0

(1)

See the reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure presented below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

(2)

Net cash interest expense is defined as interest expense less interest income. Net cash interest expense does not include amortization of deferred financing fees or non-cash interest expense.

(3)

For purposes of the Outlook, the Company has assumed that the $1,165.0 million 2021-1C Tower Securities (which have an anticipated repayment date of November 9, 2026) would be refinanced prior to the fourth quarter at a fixed rate of 5.25%; however, the Company does not currently have any specific refinancing plans and the actual date and rate of any refinancing is subject to market conditions.

(4)

Consists of tower maintenance and general corporate capital expenditures.

(5)

Outlook for AFFO per share is calculated by dividing the Company’s outlook for AFFO by an assumed weighted average number of diluted common shares of 106.4 million. Outlook does not include the impact of any potential future repurchases of the Company’s stock during 2026.

(6)

Consists of new tower builds, tower augmentations, communication site acquisitions and ground lease purchases. Does not include easements or payments to extend lease terms and expenditures for acquisitions of revenue producing assets not under contract at the date of this press release.

Bridge of 2025 Total Site Leasing Revenue to 2026 Outlook

The table below presents a bridge of the Company’s 2025 Site Leasing Revenue to the Company’s 2026 Outlook for 2026 Site Leasing Revenue by reportable segment.

(in millions)

Consolidated

Domestic

International

2025 Total Site Leasing Revenue

2,571

1,866

705

(+) New Leases and Amendments

(+) Escalations

(-) Sprint Consolidation Churn

(56)

(55)

(56)

(55)

—

(-) EchoStar Churn

(56)

—

(-) Regular Churn

(64)

(57)

(24)

(21)

(40)

(36)

(+) Non-Organic Revenue (1)

(+ / -) Straight-line Revenue

(4)

(12)

(9)

(+ / -) FX

—

(+ / -) Other (2)

(9)

(6)

(9)

(7)

—

2026 Total Site Leasing Revenue

2,625

2,650

1,797

1,811

828

839

(1)

Includes contributions from acquisitions and new infrastructure builds.

(2)

Includes pass-through reimbursable expenses, amortization of capital contributions for tower augmentations, managed and non-macro business and other miscellaneous items.

Conference Call Information

SBA Communications Corporation will host a conference call on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM (EST) to discuss the quarterly results. The call may be accessed as follows:

When:

Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM (EST)

Dial-in Number:

(202) 735-3323

Access Code:

6944126

Conference Name:

SBA Fourth quarter 2025 results

Replay Available:

February 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM to March 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM (TZ: Eastern)

Replay Number:

(888) 430-6523

Internet Access:

www.sbasite.com

Information Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the Company’s earnings call include forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations or beliefs regarding (i) its outlook for financial and operational performance in 2026, the assumptions it made and the drivers contributing to its initial full year Outlook, (ii) the drivers of growth for wireless antennae in the U.S. and in each of our international markets, the ability of the Company to capitalize on such growth and the impact on the Company’s future financial and operational outlook, (iii) the ability to execute its growth strategies and the impacts to its financial performance, (iv) the impact of new technology upgrades, spectrum auctions, and consumer demand for fixed wireless on our customers’ wireless networks; (v) the potential of 6G to drive future demand for wireless antennae (vi) the timing of closing for currently pending acquisitions, (vii) tower portfolio growth and its long-term growth potential, (viii) our capital allocation policy, including the use of capital for portfolio growth, share repurchases, and dividends , (ix) the strength of its balance sheet and ability to generate significant free cash flow, (x) its customers’ ongoing network investments (xi) the Company’s ability to meet customers’ network needs, (xii) domestic and international churn in 2026 and future years, (xiii) its target leverage range, (xiv) its commitment to being an investment grade issuer, and (xv) its ability to become the dominant independent tower operator in Central America.

The Company wishes to caution readers that these forward-looking statements may be affected by the risks and uncertainties in the Company’s business as well as other important factors may have affected and could in the future affect the Company’s actual results and could cause the Company’s actual results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the Company. With respect to the Company’s expectations regarding all of these statements, including its financial and operational guidance, such risk factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the impact of macro-economic conditions, including high interest rates, unemployment rates, tariffs, inflation, consumer confidence and financial market volatility on (a) the ability and willingness of wireless service providers to maintain or increase their capital expenditures, (b) the Company’s business and results of operations, and on foreign currency exchange rates and (c) consumer discretionary income and demand for wireless services, (2) the Company’s ability to recognize anticipated revenues, tower cash flows and other anticipated benefits from its acquisitions, (3) the economic climate for the wireless communications industry in general and the wireless communications infrastructure providers in the United States and in the Company’s other international markets; (4) the Company’s ability to accurately identify and manage any risks associated with its acquired sites, to effectively integrate such sites into its business and to achieve the anticipated financial results; (5) the Company’s ability to secure and retain as many site leasing tenants as planned at anticipated lease rates; (6) the Company’s ability to manage expenses and cash capital expenditures at anticipated levels; (7) the impact of continued consolidation among wireless service providers in the U.S. and internationally, on the Company’s leasing revenue, including churn; (8) the Company’s ability to successfully manage the risks associated with international operations, including risks associated with foreign currency exchange rates; (9) the Company’s ability to secure and deliver anticipated services business at contemplated margins; (10) the Company’s ability to acquire land underneath towers on terms that are accretive; (11) the Company’s ability to obtain future financing at commercially reasonable rates or at all; (12) the Company’s ability to achieve the new builds targets included in its anticipated annual portfolio growth goals, which will depend, among other things, on obtaining zoning and regulatory approvals, availability and cost of labor and supplies, and other factors beyond the Company’s control that could affect the Company’s ability to build additional towers in 2026; (13) whether technology upgrades, spectrum auctions, consumer demand for fixed wireless and other developments will drive demand in the US and in the Company’s other international markets for wireless services, wireless antennas and towers as anticipated; (14) the ability of our customers to perform under their financial and contractual obligations; and (15) the Company’s ability to meet its total portfolio growth, which will depend, in addition to the new build risks, on the Company’s ability to identify and acquire sites at prices and upon terms that will provide accretive portfolio growth, competition from third parties for such acquisitions and our ability to negotiate the terms of, and acquire, these potential tower portfolios on terms that meet our internal return criteria.

With respect to its expectations regarding the ability to close, and realize the benefits of, pending acquisitions, these factors also include each party satisfactorily completing due diligence, the ability to receive required regulatory approval, the ability and willingness of each party to fulfill their respective closing conditions and their contractual obligations and, with respect to the Company’s acquisitions, the amount and quality of due diligence that the Company is able to complete prior to closing of any acquisition and the availability of cash on hand or borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility to fund the consideration, its ability to accurately anticipate the future performance of the acquired towers and any challenges or costs associated with the integration of such towers. With respect to the repurchases under the Company’s stock repurchase program, the amount of shares repurchased, if any, and the timing of such repurchases will depend on, among other things, the trading price of the Company’s common stock, which may be positively or negatively impacted by the repurchase program, market and business conditions, the availability of stock, the Company’s financial performance or determinations following the date of this announcement in order to use the Company’s funds for other purposes. Furthermore, the Company’s forward-looking statements and its 2026 outlook assumes that the Company continues to qualify for treatment as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that the Company’s business is currently operated in a manner that complies with the REIT rules and that it will be able to continue to comply with and conduct its business in accordance with such rules. In addition, these forward-looking statements and the information in this press release is qualified in its entirety by cautionary statements and risk factor disclosures contained in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K.

This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP financial measures and the other Regulation G information is presented below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

This press release will be available on our website at www.sbasite.com.

About SBA Communications Corporation

SBA Communications Corporation is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure including towers, buildings, rooftops, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells. With a portfolio of more than 46,000 communications sites throughout the Americas and in Africa, SBA is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol SBAC. Our organization is part of the S&P 500 and one of the top Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by market capitalization. For more information, please visit: www.sbasite.com.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited) (in thousands, except per share amounts)

For the three months

For the year

ended December 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

Revenues:

Site leasing

666,217

646,335

2,570,641

2,526,765

Site development

53,366

47,365

244,498

152,869

Total revenues

719,583

693,700

2,815,139

2,679,634

Operating expenses:

Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization shown below):

Cost of site leasing

130,671

116,104

492,000

462,997

Cost of site development

44,750

36,025

198,972

118,730

Selling, general, and administrative expenses (1)

74,362

67,595

277,611

258,756

Acquisition and new business initiatives related adjustments and expenses

8,898

6,567

27,320

25,946

Asset impairment and decommission costs

81,586

19,997

184,165

107,925

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

80,390

65,073

292,285

269,517

Total operating expenses

420,657

311,361

1,472,353

1,243,871

Operating income

298,926

382,339

1,342,786

1,435,763

Other income (expense):

Interest income

7,224

20,603

31,676

41,962

Interest expense

(123,951

)

(110,145

)

(467,910

)

(399,778

)

Non-cash interest expense

1,291

(4,945

)

(8,857

)

(27,661

)

Amortization of deferred financing fees

(5,540

)

(5,860

)

(21,866

)

(21,265

)

Loss from extinguishment of debt, net

—

(1,512

)

—

(5,940

)

Other income (expense), net

254,328

(124,606

)

366,209

(250,415

)

Total other income (expense), net

133,352

(226,465

)

(100,748

)

(663,097

)

Income before income taxes

432,278

155,874

1,242,038

772,666

(Provision) benefit for income taxes

(61,852

)

22,917

(187,582

)

(23,989

)

Net income

370,426

178,791

1,054,456

748,677

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

(136

)

(5,162

)

(824

)

859

Net income attributable to SBA Communications Corporation

370,290

173,629

1,053,632

749,536

Net income per common share attributable to SBA Communications Corporation:

Basic

3.48

1.61

9.83

6.96

Diluted

3.47

1.61

9.80

6.94

Weighted-average number of common shares

Basic

106,310

107,529

107,207

107,644

Diluted

106,651

108,105

107,533

108,080

(1)

Includes non-cash compensation of $18,512 and $17,259 for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $73,081 and $71,637 for the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except par values)

December 31,

2025

2024

ASSETS

(unaudited)

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

264,568

189,841

Restricted cash

167,804

1,206,653

Accounts receivable, net

171,256

145,695

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

28,152

19,198

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

141,651

417,333

Total current assets

773,431

1,978,720

Property and equipment, net

3,401,799

2,792,084

Intangible assets, net

2,882,117

2,388,707

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

2,540,229

2,292,459

Acquired and other right-of-use assets, net

1,325,443

1,308,269

Other assets

651,993

657,097

Total assets

11,575,012

11,417,336

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS, AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT

Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable

73,034

59,549

Accrued expenses

93,502

81,977

Current maturities of long-term debt

1,935,802

1,187,913

Deferred revenue

117,309

127,308

Accrued interest

65,036

62,239

Current lease liabilities

299,604

261,017

Other current liabilities

94,014

17,933

Total current liabilities

2,678,301

1,797,936

Long-term liabilities:

Long-term debt, net

10,964,466

12,403,825

Long-term lease liabilities

2,119,258

1,903,439

Other long-term liabilities

588,244

367,942

Total long-term liabilities

13,671,968

14,675,206

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

78,262

54,132

Shareholders' deficit:

Preferred stock - par value $0.01, 30,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding

—

Common stock - Class A, par value $0.01, 400,000 shares authorized, 105,666 shares and 107,561 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024,

respectively

1,057

1,076

Additional paid-in capital

3,059,427

2,975,455

Accumulated deficit

(7,249,905

)

(7,326,189

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

(664,098

)

(760,280

)

Total shareholders' deficit

(4,853,519

)

(5,109,938

)

Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, and shareholders' deficit

11,575,012

11,417,336

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited) (in thousands)

For the three months

ended December 31,

2025

2024

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net income

370,426

178,791

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

80,390

65,073

Loss on remeasurement of U.S. denominated intercompany loans

17,828

116,941

Non-cash compensation expense

19,182

17,934

Non-cash asset impairment and decommission costs

77,987

17,320

Deferred and non-cash income tax benefit

9,808

(30,140

)

Gain on sale of assets

(226,664

)

(93

)

Other non-cash items reflected in the Statements of Operations

47,681

17,484

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:

Accounts receivable and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, net

(19,004

)

(35,171

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

(58,897

)

(2,482

)

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

32,825

26,110

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

(28,455

)

(2,193

)

Accrued interest

27,217

29,205

Long-term lease liabilities

(32,263

)

(32,140

)

Other liabilities

(14,036

)

(56,470

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

304,025

310,169

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Acquisitions

(394,413

)

(31,402

)

Capital expenditures

(62,728

)

(55,549

)

Proceeds from sale of assets

290,086

264

Purchase of investments, net

(13,983

)

(238,555

)

Other investing activities

217

(3,648

)

Net cash used in investing activities

(180,821

)

(328,890

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Net borrowings (repayments) under Revolving Credit Facility

195,000

(160,000

)

Repayment of Tower Securities

—

(620,269

)

Proceeds from issuance of Tower Securities, net of fees

—

2,052,136

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(216,274

)

—

Payment of dividends on common stock

(118,232

)

(105,383

)

Other financing activities

(3,854

)

13,106

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(143,360

)

1,179,590

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

(8,217

)

(11,704

)

NET CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH

(28,373

)

1,149,165

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH:

Beginning of period

465,394

251,492

End of period

437,021

1,400,657

Selected Capital Expenditure Detail

For the three

For the

months ended

year ended

December 31, 2025

(in thousands)

Construction and related costs

30,740

108,973

Augmentation and tower upgrades

16,317

57,679

Non-discretionary capital expenditures:

Tower maintenance

14,475

53,547

General corporate

1,196

4,620

Total non-discretionary capital expenditures

15,671

58,167

Total capital expenditures

62,728

224,819

Communication Site Portfolio Summary

Domestic

International

Total

Sites owned at September 30, 2025

17,409

27,172

44,581

Sites acquired during the fourth quarter

2,020

2,026

Sites built during the fourth quarter

155

164

Sites decommissioned/reclassified/sold during the fourth quarter

(30

)

(413

)

(443

)

Sites owned at December 31, 2025

17,394

28,934

46,328

Segment Operating Profit and Segment Operating Profit Margin

Domestic site leasing and International site leasing are the two segments within our site leasing business. Segment operating profit is a key business metric and one of our two measures of segment profitability. The calculation of Segment operating profit for each of our segments is set forth below.

Domestic Site Leasing

Int'l Site Leasing

Site Development

For the three months

ended December 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

2025

2024

(in thousands)

Segment revenue

464,551

471,861

201,666

174,474

53,366

47,365

Segment cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion, and amort.)

(71,262

)

(68,799

)

(59,409

)

(47,305

)

(44,750

)

(36,025

)

Segment operating profit

393,289

403,062

142,257

127,169

8,616

11,340

Segment operating profit margin

84.7

85.4

70.5

72.9

16.1

23.9

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The press release contains non-GAAP financial measures including (i) Cash Site Leasing Revenue, Tower Cash Flow, and Tower Cash Flow Margin; (ii) Adjusted EBITDA, Annualized Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin; (iii) Funds from Operations (“FFO”), Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”), and AFFO per share; (iv) Net Debt, Net Secured Debt, Leverage Ratio, and Secured Leverage Ratio (collectively, our “Non-GAAP Debt Measures”); and (v) certain financial metrics after eliminating the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates (collectively, our “Constant Currency Measures”).

We have included these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that they provide investors additional tools in understanding our financial performance and condition.

Specifically, we believe that:

(1) Cash Site Leasing Revenue and Tower Cash Flow are useful indicators of the performance of our site leasing operations;

(2) Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors or other interested parties in evaluating our financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is the primary measure used by management (1) to evaluate the economic productivity of our operations and (2) for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to, and assessing the performance of, our operations. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA helps investors or other interested parties meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations (1) from period to period and (2) to our competitors, by excluding the impact of our capital structure (primarily interest charges from our outstanding debt) and asset base (primarily depreciation, amortization and accretion) from our financial results. Management also believes Adjusted EBITDA is frequently used by investors or other interested parties in the evaluation of REITs. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA is similar to the measure of current financial performance generally used in our debt covenant calculations. Adjusted EBITDA should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance;

(3) FFO, AFFO and AFFO per share, which are metrics used by our public company peers in the communication site industry, provide investors useful indicators of the financial performance of our business and permit investors an additional tool to evaluate the performance of our business against those of our two principal competitors. FFO, AFFO, and AFFO per share are also used to address questions we receive from analysts and investors who routinely assess our operating performance on the basis of these performance measures, which are considered industry standards. We believe that FFO helps investors or other interested parties meaningfully evaluate financial performance by excluding the impact of our asset base (primarily depreciation, amortization and accretion and asset impairment and decommission costs). We believe that AFFO and AFFO per share help investors or other interested parties meaningfully evaluate our financial performance as they include (1) the impact of our capital structure (primarily interest expense on our outstanding debt) and (2) sustaining capital expenditures and exclude the impact of (1) our asset base (primarily depreciation, amortization and accretion and asset impairment and decommission costs) and (2) certain non-cash items, including straight-lined revenues and expenses related to fixed escalations and rent free periods and the non-cash portion of our reported tax provision. GAAP requires rental revenues and expenses related to leases that contain specified rental increases over the life of the lease to be recognized evenly over the life of the lease. In accordance with GAAP, if payment terms call for fixed escalations, or rent free periods, the revenue or expense is recognized on a straight-lined basis over the fixed, non-cancelable term of the contract. We only use AFFO as a performance measure. AFFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operations or as residual cash flow available for discretionary investment. We believe our definition of FFO is consistent with how that term is defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) and that our definition and use of AFFO and AFFO per share is consistent with those reported by the other communication site companies;

(4) Our Non-GAAP Debt Measures provide investors a more complete understanding of our net debt and leverage position as they include the full principal amount of our debt which will be due at maturity and, to the extent that such measures are calculated on Net Debt are net of our cash and cash equivalents, short-term restricted cash, and short-term investments; and

(5) Our Constant Currency Measures provide management and investors the ability to evaluate the performance of the business without the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

In addition, Tower Cash Flow, Adjusted EBITDA, and our Non-GAAP Debt Measures are components of the calculations used by our lenders to determine compliance with certain covenants under our Senior Credit Agreement and indentures relating to our 2020 Senior Notes and 2021 Senior Notes. These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be an alternative to any of the financial measures provided in our results of operations or our balance sheet as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Financial Metrics after Eliminating the Impact of Changes In Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

We eliminate the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates for each of the financial metrics listed in the table below by dividing the current period’s financial results by the average monthly exchange rates of the prior year period, and by eliminating the impact of the remeasurement of our intercompany loans. The table below provides the reconciliation of the reported year-over-year change of each of such measures to the change after eliminating the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates to such measure.

Fourth quarter

2025 year

Foreign

Change excluding

over year

currency

foreign

change

impact

currency impact

Total site leasing revenue

3.1%

1.5%

1.6%

Total cash site leasing revenue

2.7%

1.5%

1.2%

Int'l cash site leasing revenue

13.6%

5.4%

8.2%

Total site leasing segment operating profit

1.0%

1.2%

(0.2%)

Int'l site leasing segment operating profit

11.9%

5.1%

6.8%

Total site leasing tower cash flow

0.8%

1.2%

(0.4%)

Int'l site leasing tower cash flow

9.4%

5.1%

4.3%

Net cash interest expense

30.4%

(0.2%)

30.6%

Net income

107.2%

67.3%

39.9%

Earnings per share — diluted

116.2%

74.4%

41.8%

Adjusted EBITDA

(0.7%)

1.2%

(1.9%)

AFFO

(9.2%)

1.5%

(10.7%)

AFFO per share

(8.1%)

1.4%

(9.5%)

Cash Site Leasing Revenue, Tower Cash Flow, and Tower Cash Flow Margin

The table below sets forth the reconciliation of Cash Site Leasing Revenue and Tower Cash Flow to their most comparable GAAP measurement and Tower Cash Flow Margin, which is calculated by dividing Tower Cash Flow by Cash Site Leasing Revenue.

Domestic Site Leasing

Int'l Site Leasing

Total Site Leasing

For the three months

ended December 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

2025

2024

(in thousands)

Site leasing revenue

464,551

471,861

201,666

174,474

666,217

646,335

Non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

1,407

453

(4,265

)

(681

)

(2,858

)

(228

)

Cash site leasing revenue

465,958

472,314

197,401

173,793

663,359

646,107

Site leasing cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion, and amortization)

(71,262

)

(68,799

)

(59,409

)

(47,305

)

(130,671

)

(116,104

)

Non-cash straight-line ground lease expense

(1,162

)

(2,504

)

686

262

(476

)

(2,242

)

Tower Cash Flow

393,534

401,011

138,678

126,750

532,212

527,761

Tower Cash Flow Margin

84.5

84.9

70.3

72.9

80.2

81.7

Forecasted Tower Cash Flow for Full Year 2026

The table below sets forth the reconciliation of forecasted Tower Cash Flow set forth in the Outlook section to its most comparable GAAP measurement for the full year 2026:

Full Year 2026

(in millions)

Site leasing revenue

2,625.0

2,650.0

Non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

(8.5

)

(3.5

)

Cash site leasing revenue

2,616.5

2,646.5

Site leasing cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion, and amortization)

(526.0

)

(541.0

)

Non-cash straight-line ground lease expense

(8.5

)

(3.5

)

Tower Cash Flow

2,082.0

2,102.0

Adjusted EBITDA, Annualized Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The table below sets forth the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to its most comparable GAAP measurement.

For the three months

ended December 31,

2025

2024

(in thousands)

Net income

370,426

178,791

Non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

(2,858

)

(228

)

Non-cash straight-line ground lease expense

(476

)

(2,242

)

Non-cash compensation

19,182

17,934

Loss from extinguishment of debt, net

—

1,512

Other (income) expense, net

(254,328

)

124,606

Acquisition and new business initiatives related adjustments and expenses

8,898

6,567

Asset impairment and decommission costs

81,586

19,997

Interest income

(7,224

)

(20,603

)

Total interest expense (1)

128,200

120,950

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

80,390

65,073

Provision (benefit) for taxes (2)

62,230

(23,107

)

Adjusted EBITDA

486,026

489,250

Annualized Adjusted EBITDA (3)

1,944,104

1,957,000

(1)

Total interest expense includes interest expense, non-cash interest expense, and amortization of deferred financing fees.

(2)

Includes franchise and gross receipts taxes reflected in the Statements of Operations in selling, general and administrative expenses.

(3)

Annualized Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent quarter multiplied by four.

The calculation of Adjusted EBITDA Margin is as follows:

For the three months

ended December 31,

2025

2024

(in thousands)

Total revenues

719,583

693,700

Non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

(2,858

)

(228

)

Total revenues minus non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

716,725

693,472

Adjusted EBITDA

486,026

489,250

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

67.8

70.6

Forecasted Adjusted EBITDA for Full Year 2026

The table below sets forth the reconciliation of the forecasted Adjusted EBITDA set forth in the Outlook section to its most comparable GAAP measurement for the full year 2026:

Full Year 2026

(in millions)

Net income

774.5

827.5

Non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

(8.5

)

(3.5

)

Non-cash straight-line ground lease expense

(8.5

)

(3.5

)

Non-cash compensation

70.0

65.0

Other income, net

(38.0

)

(38.0

)

Acquisition and new business initiatives related adjustments and expenses

24.0

19.0

Asset impairment and decommission costs

160.5

155.5

Interest income

(22.0

)

(12.0

)

Total interest expense (1)

551.5

533.5

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

333.5

323.5

Provision for taxes (2)

75.0

65.0

Adjusted EBITDA

1,912.0

1,932.0

(1)

Total interest expense includes interest expense, non-cash interest expense, and amortization of deferred financing fees.

(2)

Includes projections for franchise taxes and gross receipts taxes, which will be reflected in the Statement of Operations in Selling, general, and administrative expenses.

Funds from Operations (“FFO”), Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”), and AFFO per share

The tables below set forth the reconciliations of FFO, AFFO, and AFFO per share to their most comparable GAAP measurement.

For the three months

ended December 31,

2025

2024

(in thousands)

($ per share)

(in thousands)

($ per share)

Net income

370,426

3.47

178,791

1.65

Real estate related depreciation, amortization, and accretion

78,168

0.73

63,588

0.59

Asset impairment and decommission costs

81,586

0.76

19,997

0.18

FFO

530,180

4.96

262,376

2.42

Adjustments to FFO:

Non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

(2,858

)

(0.03

)

(228

)

—

Non-cash straight-line ground lease expense

(476

)

—

(2,242

)

(0.02

)

Non-cash compensation

19,182

0.18

17,934

0.17

Adjustment for non-cash portion of tax provision (benefit) and other tax adjustments (1)

49,047

0.46

(30,433

)

(0.28

)

Non-real estate related depreciation, amortization, and accretion

2,222

0.02

1,485

0.01

Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and non-cash interest expense

4,249

0.04

10,805

0.10

Loss from extinguishment of debt, net

—

1,512

0.01

Other (income) expense, net

(254,328

)

(2.37

)

124,606

1.16

Acquisition and new business initiatives related adjustments and expenses

8,898

0.08

6,567

0.06

Non-discretionary cash capital expenditures

(15,671

)

(0.15

)

(17,310

)

(0.16

)

AFFO

340,445

3.19

375,072

3.47

Adjustments for joint venture partner interest

(1,171

)

(0.01

)

(1,539

)

(0.01

)

AFFO attributable to SBA Communications Corporation

339,274

3.18

373,533

3.46

Diluted weighted average number of common shares

106,651

108,105

(1)

This amount includes approximately $36.0 million in taxes related to the sale of substantially all of the Company’s operations in Canada as well as a $5.1 million one-time income tax liability in Brazil. We believe that these tax payments are nonrecurring, and do not believe these are an indication of our operating performance. Accordingly, we believe it is more meaningful to present AFFO and AFFO attributable to SBA Communications Corporation excluding these amounts.

Forecasted AFFO for the Full Year 2026

The tables below set forth the reconciliations of the forecasted AFFO and AFFO per share set forth in the Outlook section to their most comparable GAAP measurements for the full year 2026:

(in millions, except per share amounts)

Full Year 2026

(in millions)

($ per share)

Net income

774.5

827.5

7.28

7.78

Real estate related depreciation, amortization, and accretion

321.0

316.0

3.02

2.97

Asset impairment and decommission costs

160.5

155.5

1.51

1.46

FFO

1,256.0

1,299.0

11.81

12.21

Adjustments to FFO:

Non-cash straight-line leasing revenue

(8.5

)

(3.5

)

(0.08

)

(0.03

)

Non-cash straight-line ground lease expense

(8.5

)

(3.5

)

(0.08

)

(0.03

)

Non-cash compensation

70.0

65.0

0.66

0.61

Non-real estate related depreciation, amortization, and accretion

12.5

7.5

0.12

0.07

Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and non-cash interest expense

29.5

0.28

Other income, net

(38.0

)

(38.0

)

(0.36

)

(0.36

)

Acquisition and new business initiatives related adjustments and expenses

24.0

19.0

0.23

0.18

Non-discretionary cash capital expenditures

(77.0

)

(67.0

)

(0.74

)

(0.64

)

AFFO

1,260.0

1,308.0

11.84

12.29

Adjustments for joint venture partner interest

(4.0

)

(4.0

)

(0.04

)

(0.04

)

AFFO attributable to SBA Communications Corporation

1,256.0

1,304.0

11.80

12.25

Diluted weighted average number of common shares (1)

106.4

(1)

Weighted average number of common shares does not contemplate any additional repurchases of the Company’s stock during 2026.

Net Debt, Net Secured Debt, Leverage Ratio, and Secured Leverage Ratio

Net Debt is calculated using the notional principal amount of outstanding debt. Under GAAP policies, the notional principal amount of the Company's outstanding debt is not necessarily reflected on the face of the Company's financial statements.

The Net Debt and Leverage calculations are as follows:

December 31,

2025

(in thousands

2020-1C Tower Securities

750,000

2020-2C Tower Securities

600,000

2021-1C Tower Securities

1,165,000

2021-2C Tower Securities

895,000

2021-3C Tower Securities

895,000

2022-1C Tower Securities

850,000

2024-1C Tower Securities

1,450,000

2024-2C Tower Securities

620,000

Revolving Credit Facility

475,000

2024 Term Loan

2,259,750

Total secured debt

9,959,750

2020 Senior Notes

1,500,000

2021 Senior Notes

1,500,000

Total unsecured debt

3,000,000

Total debt

12,959,750

Leverage Ratio

Total debt

12,959,750

Less: Cash and cash equivalents, short-term restricted cash and short-term investments

(439,020

)

Net debt

12,520,730

Divided by: Annualized Adjusted EBITDA

1,944,104

Leverage Ratio (1)

6.4x

Secured Leverage Ratio

Total secured debt

9,959,750

Less: Cash and cash equivalents, short-term restricted cash and short-term investments

(439,020

)

Net Secured Debt

9,520,730

Divided by: Annualized Adjusted EBITDA

1,944,104

Secured Leverage Ratio

4.9x