Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Weighted-Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding used in Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

	For the three months				For the nine months
	ended September 30,				ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to SBA
Communications Corporation	$	22,568	$	21,679	$	(81,678)	$	79,640
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding		111,783		113,037		111,809		112,985
Dilutive impact of stock options, RSUs, and PSUs		1,920		2,147		—		1,839
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding		113,703		115,184		111,809		114,824
Net income (loss) per common share attributable to SBA
Communications Corporation:
Basic	$	0.20	$	0.19	$	(0.73)	$	0.70
Diluted	$	0.20	$	0.19	$	(0.73)	$	0.69