Q2 EPS Estimates for Crown Castle Lifted by Zacks Research

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI - Free Report) - Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Crown Castle in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $1.56 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.54. The consensus estimate for Crown Castle's current full-year earnings is $6.65 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Crown Castle's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.63 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.38 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.66 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on CCI. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $112.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $123.00 to $127.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $100.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 13th. Finally, TD Cowen decreased their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $127.00 to $123.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Crown Castle currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $116.00.

Crown Castle Trading Down 3.4 %

NYSE:CCI traded down $3.93 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $111.75. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,863,005 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,638,607. The firm has a market capitalization of $48.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.93 and a beta of 0.85. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $113.98 and a 200-day simple moving average of $105.00. Crown Castle has a 1 year low of $84.72 and a 1 year high of $120.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.04, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.43.

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 16th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.73 by ($1.03). The company had revenue of $1.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.64 billion. Crown Castle had a net margin of 17.98% and a return on equity of 19.20%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.77 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Crown Castle

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. BOKF NA grew its holdings in shares of Crown Castle by 25.6% during the first quarter. BOKF NA now owns 4,004 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $417,000 after buying an additional 815 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. lifted its position in Crown Castle by 0.9% during the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 931,397 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $98,570,000 after purchasing an additional 8,136 shares during the period. Global Assets Advisory LLC bought a new position in Crown Castle during the first quarter valued at approximately $4,425,000. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Crown Castle by 30.4% during the first quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 35,805 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $3,789,000 after purchasing an additional 8,346 shares during the period. Finally, Norden Group LLC bought a new position in Crown Castle during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,804,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.77% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, COO Michael Joseph Kavanagh sold 10,883 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.72, for a total transaction of $1,128,784.76. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 75,127 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,792,172.44. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.39% of the company's stock.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 13th were paid a dividend of $1.565 per share. This represents a $6.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.60%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 13th. Crown Castle's payout ratio is 229.30%.

Crown Castle Company Profile

Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service - bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them.