Zacks Research Forecasts Crown Castle Q1 Earnings

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) – Analysts at Zacks Research issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Crown Castle in a research report issued to clients and investors 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 equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Barclays boosted their price objective on Crown Castle from $104.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, March 17th. Raymond James upgraded Crown Castle from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $128.00 to $122.00 in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Jefferies Financial Group cut Crown Castle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $127.00 to $84.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Argus raised shares of Crown Castle to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, UBS Group upgraded shares of Crown Castle from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $118.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Eleven equities research 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $110.00.

Crown Castle Stock Down 5.8 %

Shares of CCI opened at $100.89 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $43.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.78 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.43, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a current ratio of 0.54. Crown Castle has a 52 week low of $84.20 and a 52 week high of $120.92. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $95.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $99.98.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Crown Castle

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank bought a new position in Crown Castle in the fourth quarter valued at about $561,714,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of 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 valued at $5,672,451,000 after purchasing an additional 5,934,615 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP grew 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 valued at $1,892,332,000 after purchasing an additional 3,321,249 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI increased its position in Crown Castle by 37.3% during the 4th quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 5,793,842 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $525,849,000 after purchasing an additional 1,573,043 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Crown Castle during the 4th quarter worth approximately $95,167,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.77% of the company’s stock.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

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 dividend yield of 6.20%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio is presently -69.71%.

About Crown Castle

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.