Zacks Research Forecasts Increased Earnings for Crown Castle

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) – Analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Crown Castle in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, December 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the real estate investment trust will earn $1.59 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.58. The consensus estimate for Crown Castle’s current full-year earnings is $6.66 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Crown Castle’s FY2025 earnings at $6.46 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.73 EPS.

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 16th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.73 by ($1.03). The company had revenue of $1.65 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.64 billion. Crown Castle had a net margin of 18.59% and a return on equity of 20.98%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.77 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on CCI. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Crown Castle from $105.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, September 26th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $104.00 to $109.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 28th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on shares of Crown Castle from $123.00 to $127.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $115.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, September 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $117.00.

Crown Castle Trading Down 2.3 %

CCI stock opened at $90.73 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $105.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $106.92. Crown Castle has a fifty-two week low of $90.69 and a fifty-two week high of $120.92. The firm has a market cap of $39.43 billion, a PE ratio of 32.17 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.43, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a current ratio of 0.54.

Institutional Trading of Crown Castle

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Crown Castle in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Asset Dedication LLC raised its stake in Crown Castle by 159.0% in the second quarter. Asset Dedication LLC now owns 272 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton lifted its holdings in Crown Castle by 107.9% during the third quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 262 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 136 shares during the period. New Millennium Group LLC bought a new stake in Crown Castle during the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Quest Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Crown Castle by 3,672.7% in the 2nd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 415 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 404 shares during the period. 90.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Crown Castle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $1.565 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This represents a $6.26 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.90%. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 221.99%.

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.