Zacks Research Boosts Earnings Estimates for Crown Castle

Key Points

• Zacks Research has increased its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Crown Castle from $0.97 to $0.99, anticipating a full-year earnings of $6.67 per share.
• Several investment firms, including KeyCorp and JPMorgan Chase, raised their target prices on Crown Castle stock, indicating strong confidence as they maintain "overweight" and "neutral" ratings.
• Crown Castle recently declared a quarterly dividend of $1.0625, which equates to an annualized dividend yield of 4.2%, with an upcoming payment date of September 30th.

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Crown Castle in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, August 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $0.99 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.97. The consensus estimate for Crown Castle's current full-year earnings is $6.67 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Crown Castle's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.98 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.01 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.01 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.05 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.15 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.38 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.28 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. JMP Securities reissued a "market outperform" rating and issued a $125.00 price objective on shares of Crown Castle in a report on Thursday, July 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Crown Castle from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $124.00 to $127.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Raymond James Financial restated a "strong-buy" rating and set a $124.00 target price (up from $122.00) on shares of Crown Castle in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on Crown Castle from $112.00 to $113.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $116.41.

Crown Castle Trading Up 1.8%

NYSE:CCI traded up $1.7610 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $102.3110. 2,597,378 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,237,117. Crown Castle has a twelve month low of $84.20 and a twelve month high of $120.92. The firm has a market cap of $44.55 billion, a PE ratio of -9.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 0.89. The stock's 50-day moving average is $103.59 and its 200-day moving average is $100.42.

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.02. Crown Castle had a negative net margin of 85.54% and a negative return on equity of 619.62%. The firm had revenue of $1.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.04 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.62 EPS. The business's revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Crown Castle has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.140-4.250 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CCI. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Crown Castle during the second quarter valued at about $478,000. Advisory Services Network LLC increased its holdings in shares of Crown Castle by 46.1% during the 2nd quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 22,022 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $2,314,000 after acquiring an additional 6,947 shares during the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new position in shares of Crown Castle during the 2nd quarter valued at about $117,000. Rexford Capital Inc. acquired a new stake in Crown Castle in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $298,000. Finally, CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co grew its holdings in Crown Castle by 5.7% in the 2nd quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 650,617 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $66,936,000 after buying an additional 35,317 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.77% of the company's stock.

Crown Castle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $1.0625 per share. This represents a $4.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. Crown Castle's dividend payout ratio is currently -39.83%.

About Crown Castle

Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service - bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them.