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Crown Castle (CCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$85.94 -1.54 (-1.75%)
As of 12:50 PM Eastern
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About Crown Castle Stock (NYSE:CCI)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$85.70
▼
$87.28
50-Day Range
$66.16
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$86.09
52-Week Range
$65.32
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$95.32
Volume
1.13 million shs
Average Volume
3.83 million shs
Market Capitalization
$36.56 billion
P/E Ratio
45.22
Dividend Yield
4.95%
Price Target
$94.27
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

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.

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Crown Castle Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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86th Percentile Overall Score

CCI MarketRank™: 
4.301618122975 of 5 stars

Crown Castle scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 51st out of 188 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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.

  • Read more about Crown Castle's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Crown Castle are expected to grow by 6.83% in the coming year, from $4.39 to $4.69 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 19.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.19.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 19.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 24.72.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Crown Castle has a PEG Ratio of 0.77. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • 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 Leadership

    Crown Castle is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.94%, 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 90.62% in the coming year. This indicates that Crown Castle may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

  • Read more about Crown Castle's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Crown Castle has a news sentiment score of 0.44. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Real Estate companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 42 news articles for Crown Castle this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    26 people have searched for CCI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    7 people have added Crown Castle to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 250% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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.

  • Read more about Crown Castle's insider trading history.
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CCI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Crown Castle's stock was trading at $88.86 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CCI shares have decreased by 1.3% and is now trading at $87.6790.

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.02. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 7.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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The following companies are subsidiaries of Crown Castle: Lightower Fiber Networks, Wilcon, Tower Development, Sunesys LLC, TriStar Investors, NextG Networks, NewPath Networks, and others.

Crown Castle's top institutional investors include Cooke & Bieler LP (0.48%), Skylands Capital LLC (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%) and Ninety One UK Ltd (0.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael Joseph Kavanagh, Daniel K Schlanger, Edward B Adams Jr, Robert Sean Collins, Jason Genrich and Sunit S Patel.
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Shares of CCI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Crown Castle investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Qualcomm (QCOM), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Pfizer (PFE) and Walt Disney (DIS).

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
10/27/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Specialized REITs
Sub-Industry
Telecom Tower REITs
Current Symbol
NYSE:CCI
CIK
1051470
Employees
4,000
Year Founded
1994

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$120.00
Low Price Target
$80.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+9.3%
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
45.39
Forward P/E Ratio
19.64
P/E Growth
0.77
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
$4.26 billion
Price / Sales
8.60
Cash Flow
$4.20 per share
Price / Cash Flow
20.51
Book Value
($3.75) per share
Price / Book
-23.00

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
425,450,000
Free Float
425,072,000
Market Cap
$36.69 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.94

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This page (NYSE:CCI) was last updated on 10/27/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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