Comparing SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) & Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP)

Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) and SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Millrose Properties and SBA Communications, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Millrose Properties	0	1	2	1	3.00
SBA Communications	0	9	8	0	2.47

Millrose Properties currently has a consensus target price of $37.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.87%. SBA Communications has a consensus target price of $228.12, indicating a potential upside of 23.96%. Given Millrose Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Millrose Properties is more favorable than SBA Communications.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Millrose Properties and SBA Communications”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Millrose Properties	$600.46 million	7.45	$379.86 million	$2.87	10.11
SBA Communications	$2.82 billion	6.93	$1.05 billion	$9.28	19.83

SBA Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Millrose Properties. Millrose Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SBA Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Millrose Properties has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBA Communications has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Millrose Properties and SBA Communications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Millrose Properties	62.60%	8.13%	5.07%
SBA Communications	34.51%	-20.67%	8.56%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.3% of SBA Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Millrose Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of SBA Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Millrose Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Millrose Properties pays out 107.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SBA Communications pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SBA Communications has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Summary

SBA Communications beats Millrose Properties on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Millrose Properties

Millrose Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment and management company that focuses on acquiring, developing, and managing high-quality commercial properties. They are headquartered in Purchase, New York.

About SBA Communications

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 39,000 communications sites throughout the Americas, Africa and in Asia, SBA is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol SBAC. Our organization is part of the S&P 500 and is one of the top Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by market capitalization.