Stock · CCI · Real Estate
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1998 · Revenue 12 mo. $4.1B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Crown Castle owns, operates and leases approximately 40,000 cell towers across the U.S. This nationwide portfolio serves as the foundation of wireless connectivity that provides cities and communities access to essential data, technology and wireless service " bringing information, ideas, innovations and the connectivity of modern life to help people and businesses thrive.
Crown Castle owns, operates and leases approximately 40,000 cell towers across the U.S. This nationwide portfolio serves as the foundation of wireless connectivity that provides cities and communities access to essential data, technology and wireless service " bringing information, ideas, innovations and the connectivity of modern life to help people and businesses thrive. Crown Castle Inc. was established in 1994 and was incorporated in Delaware.
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Summary
40.2 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €2.6B (2025), it supports €28.7B. The remaining €6.7B of the market value assume it grows 3.0% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
3.0%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 17.8×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 13.4× to 20.0×, median 15.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, Net debt
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −51.70% | 7.47% | Rank 1 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 17.70% | 30.55% | Rank 39 |
| EBIT margin | 48.75% | 45.85% | Rank 55 |
| FCF margin | 67.41% | 37.62% | Rank 89 |
| Gross margin | 66.07% | 55.39% | Rank 61 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −35.06% | 6.62% | Rank 1 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −35.91% | 3.56% | Rank 8 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −16.38% | 4.17% | Rank 9 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 4.27% | 2.49% | Rank 55 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 1.15% | 5.58% | Rank 11 |
| FCF yield | 7.29% | 4.79% | Rank 72 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 16.12 | 12.03 | Rank 19 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 33.07 | 23.23 | Rank 25 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −8.71% | −13.68% | Rank 65 |
| Share price, 6 months | −1.69% | −6.91% | Rank 65 |
| Share price, 3 months | 22.34% | 0.34% | Rank 100 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −6.23% | −18.73% | Rank 88 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −4.53% | 3.12% | Rank 95 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.69% | 0.26% | Rank 43 |
| Dividend streak in years | – | 4 | Rank 13 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 1.34% | −0.47% | Rank 74 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | −5.19% | 46.36% | Rank 2 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 10.58 | 6.62 | Rank 9 |
| Debt to equitylower is betterdoes not count towards the rank | −12.86 | 0.92 | |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 35.20% | 25.05% | Rank 11 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.9 | 24.2% | $908.4M | 341M | 11.6 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 22.7% | $816.1M | 383M | 15.8 |
| 2018 | 5.4 | 25.8% | $761.0M | 415M | 16.4 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 27.1% | $641.0M | 418M | 23.7 |
| 2020 | 5.8 | 31.9% | $1.4B | 425M | 25.2 |
| 2021 | 6.3 | 31.6% | $1.5B | 434M | 26.7 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 34.7% | $1.6B | 434M | 27.8 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 33.9% | $1.7B | 434M | 28.7 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | −44.7% | $1.7B | 434M | 29.5 |
| 2025 | 4.3 | 48.8% | $2.9B | 437M | 29.3 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Crown Castle mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
This is how the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set, calculates the points for Crown Castle. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
The rule “Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks” applies. The stock is therefore not rated regardless of the points scored.
Detail data
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Selected fundamental metrics for Crown Castle.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 87.2 | 16.4 |
| P/B ratio | −17.6 | 1.0 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −51.7% | 7.5% |
| Equity ratio | −5.2% | 46.4% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | −12.86 | 0.92 |
| Dividend yield | 4.8% | 4.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CCI | Crown Castlethis page | |
| IRM | Iron Mountain Incorporated | Low0.0 |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corp | Low6.4 |
| LAMR | Lamar Advertising Company | locked |
| WY | Weyerhaeuser Company | locked |
| GLPI | Gaming & Leisure Properties | locked |
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