Zacks Research Forecasts Higher Earnings for Crown Castle

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Crown Castle in a report released on Tuesday, October 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the real estate investment trust will earn $1.56 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.54. The consensus estimate for Crown Castle’s current full-year earnings is $6.65 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Crown Castle’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.63 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.38 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.66 EPS.

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 16th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.73 by ($1.03). The firm had revenue of $1.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.64 billion. Crown Castle had a return on equity of 19.20% and a net margin of 17.98%. Crown Castle’s revenue was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.77 earnings per share.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on CCI. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $103.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on Crown Castle from $105.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 26th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Crown Castle from $100.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Crown Castle from $112.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $105.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 18th. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Crown Castle has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $115.29.

Crown Castle Trading Down 3.4 %

NYSE:CCI opened at $111.75 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $114.00 and its 200 day moving average price is $105.05. Crown Castle has a 52 week low of $84.72 and a 52 week high of $120.92. The company has a market capitalization of $48.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.93 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.04, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.43.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Crown Castle

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CCI. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. increased its stake in Crown Castle by 13.0% in the third quarter. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. now owns 783 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $93,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the period. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of Crown Castle by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 3,869 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares during the period. Prosperity Consulting Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Crown Castle by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. Prosperity Consulting Group LLC now owns 2,262 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $221,000 after buying an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. True North Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Crown Castle by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. True North Advisors LLC now owns 2,345 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $278,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the period. Finally, Granite Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in Crown Castle by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Granite Investment Partners LLC now owns 19,439 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,899,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. 90.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Crown Castle

In other news, COO Michael Joseph Kavanagh sold 10,883 shares of Crown Castle stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.72, for a total transaction of $1,128,784.76. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 75,127 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,792,172.44. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.39% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Crown Castle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 13th were given a dividend of $1.565 per share. This represents a $6.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 13th. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 229.30%.

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.