Analysts Issue Forecasts for Crown Castle Q1 Earnings

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Crown Castle in a report issued on Thursday, April 3rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.96 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Crown Castle's current full-year earnings is $6.67 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Crown Castle's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.89 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.15 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.14 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.61 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $1.24 EPS.

CCI has been the topic of several other reports. Moffett Nathanson lowered their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $127.00 to $105.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on Crown Castle from $116.00 to $96.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded Crown Castle from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $85.00 to $105.00 in a research report on Monday, March 17th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on Crown Castle from $109.00 to $107.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Crown Castle from $121.00 to $115.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $109.88.

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Crown Castle Stock Performance

Shares of Crown Castle stock traded up $1.49 during trading on Monday, hitting $96.65. 3,419,518 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,921,291. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.27 and a beta of 0.93. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $96.56 and a 200-day simple moving average of $99.21. Crown Castle has a 52-week low of $84.20 and a 52-week high of $120.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.43, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a current ratio of 0.54.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a $1.565 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $6.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.48%. Crown Castle's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -69.71%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CCI. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Crown Castle in the 4th quarter valued at about $561,714,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Crown Castle by 10.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,499,455 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $5,672,451,000 after acquiring an additional 5,934,615 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in Crown Castle by 18.9% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 20,849,846 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $1,892,332,000 after acquiring an additional 3,321,249 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI increased its position in shares of Crown Castle by 37.3% in the 4th quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 5,793,842 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $525,849,000 after purchasing an additional 1,573,043 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Crown Castle in the 4th quarter valued at $95,167,000. 90.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Crown Castle

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.