Crown Castle (CCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE: CCI) is a communications infrastructure company that owns, operates and leases wireless communications assets in the United States. Its infrastructure helps wireless carriers, government agencies and other customers expand network coverage and capacity for voice, data and other wireless services.

The company’s portfolio includes cell towers and fiber-based infrastructure. Crown Castle provides space on its towers for wireless equipment and offers fiber solutions that support small-cell networks, distributed antenna systems and other high-capacity communications applications. Its services include site leasing, network deployment, fiber connectivity and related infrastructure support.

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Crown Castle has focused its operations on the U.S. market. Steven Moskowitz serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer, having assumed the role in 2024. Crown Castle’s assets are positioned to support the ongoing expansion and modernization of wireless networks, including the rollout of higher-capacity technologies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $66.35 to $67.67
• 50-Day Range: $67.00 to $79.11
• 52-Week Range: $66.17 to $100.50
• Volume: 3.60 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.62 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $28.52 billion
• P/E Ratio: 34.02
• Dividend Yield: 6.34%
• Price Target: $94.37
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Crown Castle Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Crown Castle scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 6th out of 185 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Crown Castle has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.48, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Crown Castle has a consensus price target of $94.37, representing about 41.7% upside from its current price of $66.60.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Crown Castle has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.53%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Crown Castle are expected to grow by 7.53% in the coming year, from $4.38 to $4.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 33.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Crown Castle is 33.80, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.50.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Crown Castle has a PEG Ratio of 0.61. 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

2.30% 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 3.09, 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 0.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Crown Castle is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.26%, 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 215.74%. 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 90.23% in the coming year. This indicates that Crown Castle may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Crown Castle has a news sentiment score of 0.50. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Crown Castle this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 14 people have searched for CCI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -22% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Crown Castle to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% 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 $113,835.00 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

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/29/2026
• RBC Capital Markets 2026 Global Communications and Infrastructure Conference: 9/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Specialized REITs
• Sub-Industry: Telecom Tower REITs
• 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: $94.37
• High Price Target: $120.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +40.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.48
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.97
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 34.02
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.30
• P/E Growth: 0.61
• Net Income: $444 million
• Net Margins: 20.71%
• Pretax Margin: 26.17%
• Return on Equity: -51.60%
• Return on Assets: 3.70%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.52
• Quick Ratio: 0.52

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.69
• Cash Flow: $4.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.19
• Book Value: ($3.75) per share
• Price / Book: -17.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 425,450,000
• Free Float: 425,072,000
• Market Cap: $28.52 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.95