Crown Castle - CCI Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crown Castle in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CCI shares.
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14 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Crown Castle's shares. Their CCI share price forecasts range from $135.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $159.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price.
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Crown Castle's stock was trading at $135.64 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CCI stock has increased by 12.5% and is now trading at $152.54.
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Crown Castle saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,010,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the December 31st total of 3,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,430,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 19th 2023.
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Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.78 by $0.83. The real estate investment trust earned $1.76 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.74 billion. Crown Castle had a net margin of 23.96% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.58%. The firm's revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.77 earnings per share.
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Crown Castle declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.565 per share on Friday, December 30th. This represents a $6.26 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.47.
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Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.23%. CCI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 162.18%. 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 86.58% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Crown Castle updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.58-$7.68 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.75.

205 employees have rated Crown Castle 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCI."

Crown Castle's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.39%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.29%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.17%), Maple Brown Abbott Ltd (0.17%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.15%) and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (0.14%). 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 and Robert Sean Collins.
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One share of CCI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $152.54.

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) has a market capitalization of $66.06 billion and generates $6.99 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.68 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.86 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,000 workers across the globe.

Crown Castle'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.