Zacks Research Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI)

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) – Analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Crown Castle in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $1.58 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.59. The consensus estimate for Crown Castle’s current full-year earnings is $6.64 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Crown Castle’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.63 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.68 EPS.

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 17th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.04. Crown Castle had a return on equity of 19.20% and a net margin of 17.98%. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.62 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.05 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 12.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

CCI has been the subject of several other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Crown Castle from $115.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, September 23rd. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $112.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $105.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 26th. TD Cowen increased their price target on Crown Castle from $124.00 to $127.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 18th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on Crown Castle from $100.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $115.67.

Crown Castle Stock Up 2.0 %

CCI stock opened at $114.30 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.72 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.04, a current ratio of 0.43 and a quick ratio of 0.43. Crown Castle has a 1-year low of $84.72 and a 1-year high of $120.92. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $113.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $104.92.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Friday, September 13th were paid a dividend of $1.565 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 13th. This represents a $6.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.48%. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 195.63%.

Insider Activity at Crown Castle

In other Crown Castle news, COO Michael Joseph Kavanagh sold 10,883 shares of Crown Castle stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.39% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Crown Castle

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CCI. EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Crown Castle in the first quarter worth about $27,000. Asset Dedication LLC boosted its stake in Crown Castle by 159.0% in the 2nd quarter. Asset Dedication LLC now owns 272 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the period. Richardson Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in Crown Castle in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Beacon Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Crown Castle by 163.9% during the 1st quarter. Beacon Capital Management LLC now owns 285 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, ORG Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Crown Castle during the second quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.77% of the company’s stock.

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.