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| All of these factors as well as good old-fashioned service-based competition are supportive of steady organic leasing activity on our US assets for years to come |
| Internationally, we also see a dynamic of significant network needs, providing a backdrop for continued solid organic leasing activity throughout many of our markets |
| We will be disciplined toward producing the best possible financial results over the long term |
| In spite of these macro headwinds, SBA executed extremely well and produced solid financial results |
| Our attention to optimize capitalization of the company has placed us in what I believe is the best position in the industry |
| This structure provides us with significant optionality to move in whichever direction we believe will provide the best return for our shareholders |
| So we have positions in emerging markets that are very strong because of the strength of our role and our existing relationships with the strongest carriers in those markets |
| The strength and stability of our core tower business remains and it provides a tremendous foundation for all future endeavors |
| While this temporarily leads to elevated churn, we believe the long-term strength and stability of our cash flow streams produced as a result of these efforts meaningfully improves our go-forward value proposition |
| Our balance sheet remains very strong, and we have ample liquidity |
| As a result, I have great confidence in our ability to create future value for our shareholders |
| Obviously, growing site leasing revenue, growing adjusted EBITDA shows that we're able to find continued returns on our operations, but really AFFO per share is where I focus most of my energy |
| Our fourth quarter results were ahead of our expectations and allow us to finish at or near the high end of our full year 2023 outlook for site leasing revenue, tower cash flow, adjusted EBITDA, AFFO and AFFO per share |
| We believe high-quality assets ultimately produce that result |
| And I think we'll be well positioned to do that |
| And the evolution of AI-infused 5G offerings will continue to fuel the demand for improved speeds and lower latency |
| The disciplined succession planning and highly capable team members assembled throughout the organization have positioned us well for the future |
| We ended 2023 with another strong quarter |
| So I hear what you're saying, and we obviously believe our stock is a good buy at this level that we've got to balance that against all the different options in front of us |
| As a result, we have worked closely with our customers to help them achieve necessary efficiencies in their operations, but while preserving the breadth of our business relationships, and solidifying our contractual commitments for the long term |
| Everyone has stepped up extremely well into their roles, and I am very happy with how the team is collaborating and performing |
| Our fourth quarter net cash interest coverage ratio of adjusted EBITDA to net cash interest expense was very strong at 5.2 times |
| Interest rates, we've done an excellent job over the last many years locking in very low-cost debt, but the market is what it is |
| Because at the end of the day, sort of the value proposition of a tower company when most people look at it is this expectation that you have a long-term, very stable cash flow stream that is going to grow both steadily over time |
| So I think we're open to shift in the type of market, but I think the markets that we're in have opportunities to improve our positioning and that's what we're looking at |
| Despite this, our leasing business will continue to grow organically through contribution from new leases amendment and contracted escalators |
| In addition, the success and growth of fixed wireless access as a product offering for our customers will add greater demand for increased network capacity as the average user of this product uses 20 times or more broadband data than the typical mobile customer |
| But having said that, we've done both kinds of deals, and I think our what we bring to the table is our expertise that allows us to kind of improve those operations |
| But we will prioritize either an overall favorable shift in the quality and stability of our asset mix or an opportunistic investment that improves our standing and existing markets |
| So we still have a pretty good runway |
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| Additionally, our full year 2024 outlook reflects a year-over-year decline in service revenue and gross profit due to the lower overall carrier activity in the US |
| Having said that, obviously, the next few years, there are some challenges to our AFFO per share metric, largely because of two things that are not new |
| Not only was our market position subscale, but the economic instability in that country created operational challenges that were dilutive to the otherwise typically very attractive attributes of the tower business |
| 2023 was a year marked by some significant macro headwinds, in particular, the consistently high interest rate environment that not only directly affected SBA's floating rate debt costs and the views around our cost of future refinancing, but also impacted our customers and their network spending levels |
| In fact, I think we reported a number lower than the $42 million that we just put in our outlook for this year, three, four years ago |
| Financial pressures have impacted many of our international customers as well but the demand for advanced wireless products and services is significant, and in a number of cases, even greater than that seen in the US |
| As a public company, it can be challenging because you're reporting every single quarter, and so it gets scrutinized every quarter, but the nature of the business is long term |
| Our outlook reflects a continuation of the reduced level of carrier CapEx that began early last year |
| Some are much further along and others are below that number |
| As we look forward to 2024, we recognize that we are coming off of a period of reduced network investment by our largest domestic customers |
| And so you're going to see higher interest costs that weighs on that a little bit |
| In today's press release and in our SEC filings, we detail material risks that may cause our future results to differ from our expectations |
| I know you were expecting some churn in some Latin American markets |
| Nonetheless, there have been customer consolidations in several of our markets |
| Internationally, that is also true, although I would say we've seen a little more moderation with the increasing cost of capital in terms of international price points |
| This will give us great certainty around great uncertainty on future interest costs |
| Total international churn remained elevated in the fourth quarter due mostly to [carrier] (ph) consolidation |
| Anything that's getting resolved with root tops, that's a very limited tower market |
| So I'm not sure it matters that much to us |
| If we have a clear vision as to what's going to happen and other times, we have to hold back a little bit and see how things play out |
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