Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Crown Castle (CCI)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) recently:

• 10/30/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 10/23/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $115.00 to $117.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/23/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $120.00 to $115.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/23/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc. from $124.00 to $120.00. They now have a “strong-buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/20/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $125.00 to $115.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/17/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $120.00 to $114.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/16/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $124.00 to $110.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 10/1/2025 – Crown Castle was given a new $112.00 price target on by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/1/2025 – Crown Castle was upgraded by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $112.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $113.00.
• 9/27/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 9/22/2025 – Crown Castle was upgraded by analysts at Wolfe Research from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $114.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/17/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyCorp from $125.00 to $120.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/15/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $119.00 to $120.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.0625 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 15th. This represents a $4.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.8%. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -39.98%.

Insider Activity at Crown Castle

In other news, EVP Daniel K. Schlanger sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.08, for a total transaction of $2,942,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 65,571 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,431,203.68. This trade represents a 31.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

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.