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SBA Communications
Telecom Tower REITs · Real Estate · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$182.43
+0.6% on the session
1-year return
-13.2%
-6.4% over six months
Volatility
34.5%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-25.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

SBA Communications is a telecom tower reits name in the real estate sector. Over the past year it returned -13.2%, against -11.6% over three months and +3.2% over one. It trades 5.0% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 34.5% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -25.0%, and it has traded a median $167M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.01 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Real Estate#28 of 30
Stronger than 7% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#438 of 500

How SBAC scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 2 others in Telecom Tower REITs.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.6%
1 week-0.4%
1 month+3.2%
3 months-11.6%
6 months-6.4%
1 year-13.2%
12-1 momentum-15.9%
Volatility (1y, annualized)34.5%
Max drawdown (1y)-25.0%
Distance vs 200-day average-5.0%
Return per unit of risk-0.38
Median daily dollar volume$167M
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