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This neither the best of times nor the worst of times for REIT investors. This article presents a list of 10 REITs that would merit a Sell rating even in the best of times, given their current condition. All 10 REITs face significant risks due to revenue shrinkage, and most are struggling with heavy indebtedness and a high risk of dividend cuts.

The headline numbers for Crown Castle (CCI) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 30, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Kris Hinson - Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer Daniel Schlanger - Interim President and Chief Executive Officer Sunit Patel - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Jonathan Atkin - RBC Capital Markets Ric Prentiss - Raymond James Michael Rollins - Citi James Schneider - Goldman Sachs Alexander Waters - Bank of America Benjamin Swinburne - Morgan Stanley Nicholas Del Deo - MoffettNathanson Richard Choe - JPMorgan Batya Levi - UBS Jonathan Chaplin - New Street Research Brandon Nispel - KeyBanc Capital Markets Brendan Lynch - Barclays Operator Good day and welcome to the Q1 2025 Crown Castle Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode.

Crown Castle (CCI) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $1.10 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.02 per share. This compares to FFO of $1.72 per share a year ago.

HOUSTON, April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE: CCI) ("Crown Castle") today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 and maintains its full year 2025 Outlook, as reflected in the table below.

American Tower (AMT) is favored over Crown Castle (CCI) due to a better balance sheet, and stronger FFO growth relative to price growth. CCI's higher dividend yield is unsustainable, with a significant cut expected, reducing its attractiveness compared to AMT's stable dividend. AMT's growth is funded by debt, avoiding the dilution issues plaguing CCI, which faces operational challenges and divestitures.

Customer concentration and high interest expenses are likely to have impacted CCI's Q1 results despite its unmatched portfolio of wireless communication infrastructure assets.

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Crown Castle (CCI) for the quarter ended March 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

REITs finished the first quarter of 2025 in the red (-3.36%) with a brutal -4.92% average total return in March. Large cap (-2.04%) and mid cap REITs (-2.63%) saw modest losses, but small caps (-4.16%) and micro caps (-16.19%) had a particularly bad month. Only 29.49% of REIT securities had a positive total return in March.

Crown Castle is selling its fiber division for $8.5 billion to refocus on its 40,000 cell towers, boosting investor confidence and stock price. The sale will make CCI the only pure-play tower company in the US, offering higher returns and more predictable revenue compared to fiber. Despite a high debt load, CCI plans to use sale proceeds for debt repayment and share buybacks, improving financial stability and reducing interest expenses.