Analysts Set Expectations for Crown Castle Q1 Earnings

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) – Analysts at Zacks Research issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Crown Castle in a report released on Thursday, April 3rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department expects 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.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Crown Castle in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. Raymond James raised Crown Castle from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $128.00 to $122.00 in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Argus raised Crown Castle to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 21st. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Crown Castle from $102.00 to $99.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $116.00 to $96.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Crown Castle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $110.00.

Crown Castle Stock Performance

Shares of CCI opened at $98.06 on Monday. 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. The company has a market capitalization of $42.70 billion, a PE ratio of 34.77 and a beta of 0.93. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $95.79 and its 200 day moving average price is $99.86.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CCI. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Crown Castle in the fourth quarter worth $561,714,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Crown Castle by 10.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,499,455 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $5,672,451,000 after purchasing an additional 5,934,615 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 3,321,249 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI raised its position in shares of Crown Castle by 37.3% during the fourth 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 buying an additional 1,573,043 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Crown Castle in the fourth quarter valued at about $95,167,000. 90.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Crown Castle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a $1.565 dividend. This represents a $6.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.38%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -69.71%.

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.