Crown Castle (CCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crown Castle in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CCI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CCI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Crown Castle's shares. Their CCI share price targets range from $104.00 to $149.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $119.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.5% from the stock's current price.
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Crown Castle's stock was trading at $115.19 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, CCI stock has decreased by 18.1% and is now trading at $94.37.
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Crown Castle saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,870,000 shares, an increase of 34.9% from the February 29th total of 3,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 17th 2024.
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Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 17th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $0.92. The real estate investment trust earned $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. Crown Castle had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.78% and a net margin of 20.32%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.91 earnings per share.
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Crown Castle declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.565 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $6.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th.
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Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.73%. CCI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 195.63%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, CCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 98.43% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) stock in their portfolio include Pacer Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF (SRVR), Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF (VPN), Fidelity Real Estate Investment ETF (FPRO), iShares US Credit Bond ETF (CRED), iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF (ICF), Invesco Active U.S. Real Estate ETF (PSR), Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) and IQ CBRE NextGen Real Estate ETF (ROOF).

Crown Castle updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 6.850-6.970 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 6.880. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

205 employees have rated Crown Castle Chief Executive Officer Jay Brown on Glassdoor.com. Jay Brown has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

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Crown Castle's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.21%), MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (0.11%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.05%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.05%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%) and Rheos Capital Works Inc. (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Catherine Piche, Christopher Levendos, J Landis Martin, Kevin A Stephens, Laura B Nichol, Matthew Thornton III, Michael Joseph Kavanagh and Robert Sean Collins.
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Shares of CCI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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