Crown Castle (CCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE: CCI) is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and leases communications infrastructure in the United States. Its assets support wireless carriers, broadcasters, government agencies and other communications providers by enabling the transmission of voice, data and video services.

The company’s infrastructure has historically included approximately 40,000 cell towers, about 90,000 route miles of fiber and a large portfolio of small-cell installations. Crown Castle leases space on its towers and provides fiber connectivity and small-cell solutions designed to improve wireless network coverage and capacity, particularly in densely populated areas and high-traffic locations.

Founded in 1994, Crown Castle is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and has focused primarily on serving communications customers across the United States. Steven Moskowitz serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer, succeeding Jay Brown in late 2024. Crown Castle has also been reviewing the structure of its fiber business as it concentrates on its core communications-infrastructure operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $87.60 to $90.89
• 50-Day Range: $66.16 to $92.20
• 52-Week Range: $65.32 to $95.07
• Volume: 5.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.88 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $37.73 billion
• P/E Ratio: 46.68
• Dividend Yield: 4.79%
• Price Target: $94.27
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Crown Castle Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Crown Castle scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 54th out of 189 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Crown Castle has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.52, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Crown Castle is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Crown Castle has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.27%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Crown Castle are expected to grow by 7.27% in the coming year, from $4.40 to $4.72 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 47.42, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 47.42, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 31.08.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Crown Castle has a PEG Ratio of 0.81. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.33% of the float of Crown Castle has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Crown Castle has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.97, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Crown Castle has recently increased by 4.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Crown Castle is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.91%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Crown Castle does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Crown Castle is 223.68%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Crown Castle will have a dividend payout ratio of 90.04% in the coming year. This indicates that Crown Castle may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.05

News Sentiment

Crown Castle has a news sentiment score of 1.05. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Crown Castle this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

34 people have searched for CCI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 162% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added Crown Castle to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 450% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Crown Castle insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $113,835.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.09% of the stock of Crown Castle is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.77% of the stock of Crown Castle is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/21/2026
• Today: 11/06/2026
• Record date for 12/31 Dividend: 12/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/31 Dividend: 12/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/31/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Specialized REITs
• Sub-Industry: Telecom Tower REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CCI
• CIK: 1051470
• Web: www.crowncastle.com
• Phone: (713) 570-3000
• Fax: 713-570-3100
• Employees: 4,000
• Year Founded: 1994

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Crown Castle: $94.27
• High Price Target: $120.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +6.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.52
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 46.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.79
• P/E Growth: 0.81
• Net Income: $444 million
• Net Margins: 20.12%
• Pretax Margin: 26.83%
• Return on Equity: -42.11%
• Return on Assets: 4.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.23
• Quick Ratio: 0.52

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.08 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.24
• Cash Flow: $4.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.99
• Book Value: ($8.05) per share
• Price / Book: -11.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 425,455,000
• Free Float: 425,072,000
• Market Cap: $37.73 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88