Crown Castle/$CCI
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About Crown Castle
Crown Castle owns or manages nearly 40,000 wireless towers in the United States. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment to support their wireless networks. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 90% of its revenue from the Big Three US mobile carriers: Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Crown Castle divested its fiber business in May 2026. It operates as a real estate investment trust.
- Ticker
- $CCI
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 1,500
- Headquarters
- Houston, United States
- Website
- www.crowncastle.com
Crown Castle Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$38B
46.76
$1.90
0.96
$4.25
4.79%
Price and volume
Market cap
$38B
Beta
0.96
52-week high
$95.07
52-week low
$65.32
Average daily volume
5.2M
Dividend rate
$4.25
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.231
Quick ratio
0.138
Long term debt to equity
-5.966
Total debt to equity
-6.695
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
224.94%
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.24%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
2,646
Gross margin (TTM)
73.68%
Net profit margin (TTM)
20.13%
Operating margin (TTM)
47.82%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
1.55%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$2,720,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
4.68%
Return on equity (TTM)
-43.93%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
46.761
Price to revenue (TTM)
9.398
Price to book
-11.03
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-4
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
22.25
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
4.49%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
3.986
Dividend yield (TTM)
4.79%
Forward dividend yield
4.79%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-36.39%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-117.86%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-16.72%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
0.63%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-19.08%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
6.91%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-12.14%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
1.84%
What the Analysts think about Crown Castle
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Crown Castle stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Crown Castle stock.
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Excluding DISH and Sprint cancellations, Q3 organic site-rental billings grew 3.8%; contractual escalators added $25 million, supporting recurring growth despite customer exits. (Crown Castle)
The fibre and small-cell sale delivered $8.4 billion in net proceeds, which funded more than $7 billion of debt repayments and $1 billion of share repurchases. Lower interest costs and a smaller share count helped Q3 AFFO per share rise 11% year on year. (Crown Castle, Crown Castle)
Carrier spectrum purchases and the planned 2027 upper C-band auction could drive new equipment deployments and tower leasing. Management sees 2026 as the low point for organic growth, though the timing and scale of any rebound remain uncertain. (StockAnalysis, The Motley Fool)
DISH and Sprint cancellations are weighing on reported results: Q3 site-rental revenue fell 5% and adjusted EBITDA fell 6% year on year, with DISH terminations reducing the quarter’s site-rental revenue by $61 million. (Crown Castle)
Underlying leasing momentum is soft: management expects full-year core leasing activity near the bottom of its $60 million to $70 million range. Comparable organic billing growth also eased to 3.8% in Q3 from 4.1% a year earlier. (Crown Castle)
Leverage remains high at 6.5 times net debt to annualised adjusted EBITDA, while net debt was about $17.6 billion at quarter-end. That leaves the company exposed if operating cash flow weakens or borrowing costs rise. (The Motley Fool, Crown Castle)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 23 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Crown Castle
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $CCI weighting |
|---|---|---|
Global X Data Center REITs & Digital Infrastructure$VPN | $347M | 11.08% |
Global X Data Center REITs & Digital Infrastructure£VPNG | $347M | 11.08% |
Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility£HDLG | $456M | 2.97% |
Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility$HDLV | $456M | 2.97% |
Invesco Real Estate S&P US Select Sector$XRES | $150M | 2.80% |
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