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Anterix is not a normal operating company — it's a spectrum bank monetizing the nation's largest licensed 900 MHz position (896-901/935-940 MHz across the contiguous US, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico). The headline FY2026 numbers look spectacular — net income $90.6M (+897%), diluted EPS $4.83, operating income $93.9M — but they are an accounting mirage when read against the filing. Recurring revenue (xbrl:Revenues, the long-term leases) was only $6.50M, up a modest 7.8%. Operating income of $93.9M against $6.5M of revenue is mathematically impossible from operations: it is driven by gains on the spectrum-sale agreements the MD&A details (CPS $13.0M, NWE $7.7M, TNMP $3.2M, Benton $0.8M). The derived 'operating margin 1444.9%' and 'net margin 1394.2%' are artifacts of dividing lumpy sale gains by tiny lease revenue — they are not durable profitability. The clincher: operating cash flow was just $5.51M, a fraction of the $90.6M reported net income, and the accumulated deficit is still -$302M. So the P/E of 20.3 on $4.83 EPS and the P/S of 294.7 are both meaningless multiples to anchor on.

The pivot the company describes — from 'predominantly long-term leasing' to 'monetize spectrum through both sales and long-term leases' plus tower/turnkey services — is the right strategic read of a finite asset, and it is producing real, signed deals with serious utility counterparties (Ameren, Evergy, Xcel, TECO on the lease side; SDG&E, LCRA, Oncor, CPS, TNMP, NWE, Benton PUD on sales). The Feb 18, 2026 FCC Report and Order expanding the 900 MHz band to a 10 MHz broadband configuration is a genuine value-unlock catalyst, and the Crown Castle turnkey-tower partnership broadens the monetization surface. The balance sheet supports the wait: $98.5M cash (+108%), $262M equity, liabilities/equity of just 0.77x, near-zero capex ($31K). This is a clean, low-leverage asset story.