UBS Group Cuts Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) Price Target to $105.00

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) had its price objective reduced by UBS Group from $116.00 to $105.00 in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. UBS Group currently has a buy rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. New Street Research cut Crown Castle from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $93.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $112.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 12th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $97.00 to $91.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on shares of Crown Castle from $105.00 to $90.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp lowered their price target on shares of Crown Castle from $115.00 to $98.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $100.61.

Crown Castle Trading Up 3.4%

Shares of Crown Castle stock opened at $81.01 on Thursday. Crown Castle has a twelve month low of $77.01 and a twelve month high of $115.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.28 billion, a PE ratio of 80.21, a P/E/G ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $87.47 and its 200 day moving average price is $93.82.

Institutional Trading of Crown Castle

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CCI. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Crown Castle by 15.6% during the third quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 70,963 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $6,847,000 after acquiring an additional 9,552 shares during the last quarter. Country Club Bank boosted its stake in Crown Castle by 20.1% during the 3rd quarter. Country Club Bank now owns 70,778 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $6,808,000 after purchasing an additional 11,851 shares during the period. Cooke & Bieler LP grew its position in Crown Castle by 6.1% during the 3rd quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP now owns 2,419,034 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $233,413,000 after purchasing an additional 138,061 shares during the last quarter. Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY purchased a new position in Crown Castle during the 3rd quarter worth $2,578,000. Finally, National Pension Service increased its stake in Crown Castle by 3.5% in the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 656,795 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $63,374,000 after purchasing an additional 21,986 shares during the period. 90.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Crown Castle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Crown Castle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat estimates — Crown Castle topped AFFO/FFO and revenue consensus (FFO $1.12 vs. $1.07 estimate) and flagged stronger services revenue growth, which supports near‑term cash flow expectations. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Earnings and revenue surprises reinforced by multiple outlets reporting beats — these beats likely underpin buying interest and justify the stock strength despite other headwinds. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Management commentary and investor presentation are available (earnings call transcript & slides); investors should review guidance details and management’s outlook for EBITDA, capital allocation and DISH exposure to assess longer‑term impact. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Banks and analysts broadly trimmed price targets this week (examples: Citi to $106 from $110, Goldman to $95 from $105, HSBC to $88.40 from $107, BMO to $91), and several firms moved ratings toward neutral/hold — these cuts signal reduced near‑term upside in street models and are pressuring sentiment. Article Title Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Management issued softer EBITDA guidance and announced job cuts; media noted the stock dipped on that news — weaker guidance increases execution risk and could limit multiple expansion. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: External tenant risk remains (reports discuss DISH-related uncertainty/default risk affecting tower demand), a macro/regulatory or tenant‑specific shock could weigh on occupancy and cash flow. Article Title

Crown Castle Company Profile

Crown Castle is a U.S.-focused communications infrastructure company organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates and leases shared wireless infrastructure. Its primary business consists of providing tower-based site leases, small cell networks and fiber solutions that support mobile voice and data transmission for wireless carriers, cable companies and other enterprise customers. The company’s assets are positioned to enable network coverage and capacity, including the densification projects associated with 4G LTE and 5G deployments.

Its product and service offerings include ground-based tower sites that host multiple wireless operators, distributed small cell nodes and associated fiber backhaul used to connect sites into carrier networks, and site development and maintenance services.