Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) stock
CCINYSEReal Estate Investment TrustsFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 4, 2026Score 7/3039% above fair value
$89.69+0.63 (+0.71%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $38.16BP/E 47.2Yield 5.30%
Crown Castle statistics
100 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Feb 3, 2027 (estimated, during market hours)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Sep 15, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 19.41
- 12.68
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 13.67
- 4.42
- EV / EBIT
- 29.03
- 16.11
- EV / FCF
- 32.36
- 24.12
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -0.23%
- 0.55%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- Float
- 425M
- 24M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 0.11%
- 17.6%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 99.4%
- 69.2%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 10M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -3.22%
- 0.38%
- Short % of Float
- 2.25%
- 3.91%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 2.25%
- 3.18%
- Days to Cover
- 1.42
- 1.00
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $95.07
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $65.32
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $86.49
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $78.18
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $82.35
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $2.86
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -1.39%
- 0.10%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 13.0%
- 0.30%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- 18.0%
- 0.35%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 2.73%
- 1.31%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 0.92%
- 2.84%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- -4.82%
- 1.82%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- -6.12%
- -0.49%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -50.4%
- -28.4%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 9.05%
- -19.0%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 4M
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 6M
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 4M
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.68
- 0.80
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 64.2
- 55.6
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 35.6%
- 17.8%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.56
- 0.70
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 26.8%
- 13.4%
- EBITDA Margin
- 64.1%
- 50.8%
- FCF Margin
- 42.2%
- 17.8%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 3.15%
- 1.63%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 10.9%
- -0.78%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 0.23
- 2.08
- Quick Ratio
- 0.08
- 1.51
- Debt / EBITDA
- 6.80
- 3.64
- Debt / FCF
- 10.32
- 8.42
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 6.75
- 2.68
- Interest Coverage
- 2.20
- 2.12
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- -5.29%
- 4.64%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- -40.3%
- 2.66%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -15.2%
- 4.18%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- -6.10%
- 7.63%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -36.0%
- -0.11%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- -15.5%
- 6.21%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.16
- 0.13
- Revenue Per Employee
- $1.02M
- $2.42M
- Profits Per Employee
- $205.50K
- $86.23K
- Employee Count
- 4,000
- 67
- WACC
- 6.79%
- 8.30%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $1.10B
- $14.01M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$17.66B
- $845.20K
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$41.52
- $0.03
- Working Capital
- -$2.31B
- $334.67K
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$241.00M
- -$90.95M
- FCF Per Share
- $4.05
- $0.71
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 2.15%
- 2.19%
- FCF Yield
- 4.52%
- 4.24%
- Dividend Yield
- 5.30%
- 5.49%
- Buyback Yield
- 2.61%
- 0.16%
- Shareholder Yield
- 7.91%
- 5.47%
- Dividend Per Share
- $4.75
- $1.36
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- -24.1%
- 1.18%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 0
- 1
- Payout Ratio
- -281.1%
- 122.7%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- -134.0%
- 56.1%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $873.00M
- $65.39M
- Income Tax
- $17.00M
- $237.00K
- Effective Tax Rate
- 1.55%
- 1.56%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Altman Z-Score
- -0.10
- 10.58
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6
- 5
- Beneish M-Score
- -2.55
- -2.58
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | CCI | S&P 500 | Difference | CCI per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +10.7% | -2.7% | +13.4 pts | ||
| 3 months | +23.0% | -1.7% | +24.8 pts | ||
| Year to date | +4.9% | +11.9% | −7.0 pts | ||
| 1 year | +0.7% | +12.0% | −11.3 pts | ||
| 3 years | +10.2% | +78.2% | −68.0 pts | +3.3% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | -36.4% | +73.2% | −109.7 pts | -8.7% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | +66.6% | +309.6% | −243.0 pts | +5.2% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
10M CCI shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 3.2% from the previous report, or 2.25% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 1.4 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 46.7% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 9,578,624 | -3.2% | 6,747,557 | 1.4 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 9,896,876 | +4.0% | 5,020,244 | 2.0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9,511,771 | -2.8% | 3,884,125 | 2.5 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 9,782,773 | +0.6% | 3,164,725 | 3.1 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 9,720,564 | -0.7% | 2,293,645 | 4.2 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 9,788,962 | -20.3% | 3,759,927 | 2.6 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 12,278,916 | +1.8% | 4,663,301 | 2.6 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 12,058,531 | -4.4% | 3,898,323 | 3.1 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 12,610,171 | -0.1% | 5,219,958 | 2.4 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 12,624,267 | -1.7% | 4,559,629 | 2.8 |
| May 29, 2026 | 12,836,944 | -6.8% | 3,552,569 | 3.6 |
| May 15, 2026 | 13,766,866 | +16.8% | 3,532,592 | 3.9 |
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