Zacks Research Weighs in on Crown Castle Q1 Earnings

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) – Research analysts at Zacks Research issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Crown Castle in a research report issued on Thursday, April 3rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $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.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on CCI. KeyCorp upgraded Crown Castle from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $120.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, March 14th. Argus upgraded Crown Castle to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Crown Castle from $121.00 to $115.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 17th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $104.00 to $113.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, March 17th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $116.00 to $96.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $110.00.

Crown Castle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE CCI opened at $94.80 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $41.28 billion, a PE ratio of 33.62 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.43. Crown Castle has a twelve month low of $84.20 and a twelve month high of $120.92. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $96.03 and a 200 day simple moving average of $99.68.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Crown Castle by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,499,455 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $5,672,451,000 after acquiring an additional 5,934,615 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in shares of Crown Castle by 18.9% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 20,849,846 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,892,332,000 after purchasing an additional 3,321,249 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Crown Castle by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,333,158 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,119,225,000 after purchasing an additional 228,007 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Crown Castle during the fourth quarter worth about $561,714,000. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its position in Crown Castle by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 6,144,359 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $557,662,000 after purchasing an additional 58,903 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.77% of the company’s stock.

Crown Castle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a dividend of $1.565 per share. This represents a $6.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio 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.