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NYSE:CCI

Crown Castle (CCI) Competitors

$114.00
+1.84 (+1.64%)
(As of 04:32 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$113.19
$114.66
50-Day Range
$110.92
$134.51
52-Week Range
$110.22
$187.73
Volume
3.23 million shs
Average Volume
2.13 million shs
Market Capitalization
$49.44 billion
P/E Ratio
29.53
Dividend Yield
5.49%
Price Target
$155.56

CCI vs. SBAC, PSA, O, WELL, SPG, VICI, DLR, EQIX, AVB, and EQR

Should you be buying Crown Castle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crown Castle include SBA Communications (SBAC), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Welltower (WELL), Simon Property Group (SPG), VICI Properties (VICI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Equinix (EQIX), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), and Equity Residential (EQR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Crown Castle vs.

SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) and Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

93.5% of SBA Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Crown Castle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of SBA Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Crown Castle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Crown Castle had 8 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Crown Castle and 2 mentions for SBA Communications. SBA Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Crown Castle's score of 0.11 indicating that SBA Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SBA Communications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crown Castle
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

SBA Communications received 38 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.60% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.36% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SBA CommunicationsOutperform Votes
780
67.36%
Underperform Votes
378
32.64%
Crown CastleOutperform Votes
742
70.60%
Underperform Votes
309
29.40%

Crown Castle has a net margin of 23.81% compared to SBA Communications' net margin of 13.91%. Crown Castle's return on equity of 22.12% beat SBA Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SBA Communications 13.91% -7.01% 3.64%
Crown Castle 23.81% 22.12% 4.29%

SBA Communications has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Castle has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Crown Castle has higher revenue and earnings than SBA Communications. Crown Castle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SBA Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SBA Communications$2.63 billion9.28$461.43 million$3.4265.98
Crown Castle$7.02 billion7.05$1.68 billion$3.8629.53

SBA Communications presently has a consensus target price of $322.93, indicating a potential upside of 42.83%. Crown Castle has a consensus target price of $155.56, indicating a potential upside of 36.34%. Given SBA Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Crown Castle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SBA Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
Crown Castle
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crown Castle pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. SBA Communications pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crown Castle pays out 162.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SBA Communications has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Crown Castle has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Crown Castle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

SBA Communications and Crown Castle tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CCI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CCI vs. The Competition

MetricCrown CastleReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$49.44B$5.99B$6.10B$14.94B
Dividend Yield5.58%7.43%9.67%4.11%
P/E Ratio29.5328.79158.1018.32
Price / Sales7.055.126,285.489.04
Price / Cash14.4210.3732.2823.01
Price / Book6.842.042.439.28
Net Income$1.68B$200.35M$643.92M$902.66M
7 Day Performance2.00%3.85%1.30%2.55%
1 Month Performance-3.81%3.42%1.25%2.70%
1 Year Performance-39.11%-21.48%-7.52%-8.53%

Crown Castle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBAC
SBA Communications
2.8464 of 5 stars
$221.84
-0.9%
$322.93
+45.6%
-33.3%$24.03B$2.63B64.871,834Positive News
PSA
Public Storage
2.4899 of 5 stars
$288.90
+0.8%
$351.75
+21.8%
-14.3%$50.79B$4.18B12.295,900
O
Realty Income
2.1618 of 5 stars
$58.92
+0.4%
$71.47
+21.3%
-13.0%$39.67B$3.34B41.49367
WELL
Welltower
1.7491 of 5 stars
$73.13
-0.6%
$82.29
+12.5%
-15.4%$36.35B$5.86B317.96464Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
SPG
Simon Property Group
2.2755 of 5 stars
$103.53
+1.1%
$127.63
+23.3%
-7.0%$33.85B$5.29B15.693,300
VICI
VICI Properties
2.319 of 5 stars
$30.52
0.0%
$36.75
+20.4%
+0.4%$30.65B$2.60B21.34105Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
2.8262 of 5 stars
$100.60
+1.7%
$116.92
+16.2%
-23.8%$29.90B$4.69B90.633,412Analyst Report
Positive News
High Trading Volume
EQIX
Equinix
2.4222 of 5 stars
$734.51
+0.7%
$781.11
+6.3%
+10.9%$68.69B$7.26B83.1812,097
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
2.702 of 5 stars
$172.73
+0.6%
$201.68
+16.8%
-14.8%$24.53B$2.59B23.692,947Analyst Report
EQR
Equity Residential
2.3664 of 5 stars
$60.02
+0.6%
$70.18
+16.9%
-19.9%$22.74B$2.74B24.702,400Analyst Report

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