Crown Castle (CCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Crown Castle is a U.S.-focused communications infrastructure company organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates and leases shared wireless infrastructure. Its primary business consists of providing tower-based site leases, small cell networks and fiber solutions that support mobile voice and data transmission for wireless carriers, cable companies and other enterprise customers. The company’s assets are positioned to enable network coverage and capacity, including the densification projects associated with 4G LTE and 5G deployments.

Its product and service offerings include ground-based tower sites that host multiple wireless operators, distributed small cell nodes and associated fiber backhaul used to connect sites into carrier networks, and site development and maintenance services. Crown Castle typically enters long-term lease agreements with carriers, offering colocations and managed site services that support network planning, construction and ongoing operations.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Crown Castle’s operations are concentrated across the United States, with a portfolio comprising thousands of towers and a growing footprint of small cells and fiber in urban and suburban markets. The company serves national wireless carriers, regional operators and enterprise customers that require access to infrastructure to expand coverage, increase capacity and implement next-generation wireless services.

Over time, Crown Castle has grown through infrastructure investment and strategic acquisitions to align its asset base with evolving wireless industry needs. As a publicly traded REIT, the company emphasizes long-term lease contracts and infrastructure scale as core elements of its strategy to generate stable, recurring revenue and support ongoing network investment by its customers. Corporate governance and an executive management team oversee operations, network deployment and customer relationships.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $89.81 to $92.68
• 50-Day Range: $77.01 to $92.39
• 52-Week Range: $75.96 to $115.76
• Volume: 4.05 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $40.32 billion
• P/E Ratio: 38.18
• Dividend Yield: 4.60%
• Price Target: $98.52
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Crown Castle Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Crown Castle scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 219th out of 883 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Crown Castle has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.55, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

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 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.80%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Crown Castle are expected to grow by 12.80% in the coming year, from $4.22 to $4.76 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 38.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 38.18, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.72.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Crown Castle has a PEG Ratio of 0.46. 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

2.70% 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 3.86, 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 11.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Crown Castle is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.73%, 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 175.62%. 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 89.29% 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: 1.03

News Sentiment

Crown Castle has a news sentiment score of 1.03. 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 0.61 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Crown Castle this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 29 people have searched for CCI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -6% 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 40% 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 $663,951.00 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 3/31 Dividend: 3/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/22/2026
• Today: 5/19/2026
• AGM 2026: 5/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: REIT - EQTY TRUST - OTHER
• Sub-Industry: Wireless Telecommunication Services
• 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: $98.52
• High Price Target: $125.00
• Low Price Target: $85.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +6.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.55
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 38.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.89
• P/E Growth: 0.46
• Net Income: $444 million
• Net Margins: 25.13%
• Pretax Margin: 25.04%
• Return on Equity: -64.64%
• Return on Assets: 3.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.27
• Quick Ratio: 0.27

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.46
• Cash Flow: $4.31 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.46
• Book Value: ($4.40) per share
• Price / Book: -21.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 436,450,000
• Free Float: 436,059,000
• Market Cap: $40.32 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.93