Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Specialty
Crown Castle Inc. CCI
$66.44 +0.48% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $29.03B
High qualityWeak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 47.7% from -54.1% a year earlier.
- The shares trade at 27.0× trailing earnings, lower than 94% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 8.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 21%
- Gross marginTop 33%
- Operating marginTop 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 37%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Interest coverTop 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 20%
- 6-month returnBottom 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 28%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 40%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -22.9% | -23.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 72.9% | 63.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -54.1% | 47.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 44.2% | 57.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -23.2% | -22.9% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 63.2% | 72.9% | ↓ | Top 33% |
| Operating margin | 47.7% | -54.1% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Net margin | 25.8% | -85.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 57.8% | 44.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5% | — | Top 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -15.2% | — | Bottom 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.44×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +102.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.24×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.40%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.50%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.91%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +32.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $88.00
- Target vs current price
- +32.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 47
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 53%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +76.7% | +1.7% | -0.6% | -2.8% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | -9.7% | +1.3% | +1.5% | +8.7% | -6.8% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +23.2% | +2.0% | +0.2% | +8.0% | +5.2% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +41.2% | -1.0% | -4.1% | -7.7% | -7.9% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +22.7% | -0.5% | -0.8% | -7.1% | -11.1% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -641.2% | +2.0% | +2.6% | -3.9% | +7.5% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -2590.9% | -0.2% | +9.5% | +0.3% | +3.8% |
| Oct 16, 2024 | +4.3% | +1.2% | -4.0% | -10.5% | -25.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.69 | $0.39 | +76.7% | $1.01B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.38 | -9.7% | $1.01B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.68 | $0.55 | +23.2% | $1.07B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.52 | +41.2% | $1.07B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $0.67 | $0.55 | +22.7% | $1.06B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -$1.07 | $0.20 | -641.2% | $1.06B |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -$10.96 | $0.44 | -2590.9% | $1.65B |
| Oct 16, 2024 | $0.70 | $0.67 | +4.3% | $1.65B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 27.0× | 37.6× | 6th | Top 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 34.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.9× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| EV / Sales | 12.35× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.29% | — | — | Top 32% |
| Earnings yield | 3.70% | — | — | Top 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 25.9× – 86.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -19.9%
- RSI (14)
- 26.2
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 59th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.11
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.06
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2021 | Oct 1, 2026 | -68.3% | 1191 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Oct 18, 2021 | -17.4% | 63 days | 48 days (Dec 27, 2021) |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Mar 8, 2021 | -14.1% | 65 days | 14 days (Mar 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $29.03B
- P/E (TTM)
- 27.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.46
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.16B
- Dividend yield
- 6.40%
- 52-week range
- $65.68 – $100.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.34B | $6.99B | $6.98B | $6.57B | $4.26B |
| Gross profit | $4.35B | $4.92B | $5.00B | $4.72B | $2.82B |
| Operating income | $2.00B | $2.42B | $2.37B | -$2.94B | $2.08B |
| Net income | $1.10B | $1.68B | $1.50B | -$3.90B | $444.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.53 | $3.86 | $3.46 | -$8.98 | $1.02 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.65B | $1.65B | $1.06B | $1.06B | $1.07B | $1.07B | $1.01B | $1.01B |
| Net income | $303.0M | -$4.77B | -$464.0M | $291.0M | $323.0M | $294.0M | $151.0M | $307.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.70 | -$10.96 | -$1.06 | $0.67 | $0.74 | $0.67 | $0.34 | $0.71 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.73B | $2.88B | $3.13B | $2.94B | $3.06B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.23B | -$1.31B | -$1.42B | -$1.22B | -$182.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.50B | $1.57B | $1.70B | $1.72B | $2.88B |
| Dividends paid | -$2.37B | -$2.60B | -$2.72B | -$2.73B | -$2.08B |
| Net share buybacks | -$70.0M | -$65.0M | -$30.0M | -$33.0M | -$23.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.04B
- Total assets
- $21.51B
- Total liabilities
- $24.78B
- Total debt
- $23.40B
- Net debt
- $22.36B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$3.27B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $1.06 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $1.06 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $1.06 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $1.06 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $1.06 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $1.06 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $1.57 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $1.57 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 9,782,773
- Days to cover
- 3.09
- Change vs previous report
- +0.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.