Crown Castle International - CCI Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crown Castle International in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CCI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CCI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Crown Castle International's shares. Their CCI share price forecasts range from $162.00 to $224.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $196.06 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price.
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Crown Castle International's stock was trading at $208.74 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, CCI shares have decreased by 13.0% and is now trading at $181.68.
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Crown Castle International saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,760,000 shares, a drop of 9.8% from the July 15th total of 5,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,630,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE:CCI) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.74. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.73 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.71 billion. Crown Castle International had a net margin of 22.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.93%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.71 earnings per share.
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Crown Castle International announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $1.47 per share on Friday, September 30th. This represents a $5.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.24%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 14th.
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Crown Castle International (NYSE:CCI) pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.29%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 165.17%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, CCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.33% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Crown Castle International issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.31-$7.41 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

205 employees have rated Crown Castle International Chief Executive Officer Jay Brown on Glassdoor.com. Jay Brown has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

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Crown Castle International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCI."

Crown Castle International's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (2.83%), Deutsche Bank AG (2.38%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (1.24%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.64%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.61%). Insiders that own company stock include Catherine Piche, Christopher Levendos, Daniel K Schlanger, J Landis Martin, James D Young, Kenneth Jay Simon, Kevin A Stephens, Matthew Thornton III, Michael Joseph Kavanagh, Robert Carl Ackerman and Robert Sean Collins.
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One share of CCI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $181.68.

Crown Castle International (NYSE:CCI) has a market capitalization of $78.67 billion and generates $6.34 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.56 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,000 workers across the globe.

Crown Castle International was founded in 1994.

Crown Castle International's mailing address is 1220 AUGUSTA DRIVE SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX, 77057. The official website for the company is www.crowncastle.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (713) 570-3000, via email at ir@crowncastle.com, or via fax at 713-570-3100.