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While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Crown Castle (CCI) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Crown Castle (CCI) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $1.80 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.82 per share. This compares to FFO of $1.82 per share a year ago.

Crown Castle's Small Cells Solutions business builds and operates small cells nationwide, serving mobile densification needs for cellular carriers Transaction highlights EQT's active ownership approach by acquiring an attractive, stable core infrastructure platform targeting a substantial market opportunity EQT will aim to further accelerate the Company's future growth ambitions  NEW YORK , March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EQT is pleased to announce that the EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund ("EQT")" has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown Castle Inc.'s ("Crown Castle") (NYSE: CCI) Small Cells Solutions business (the "Company") in a transaction valuing it at approximately $4.25 billion. Crown Castle's Small Cells Solutions business is a leading builder and operator of digital infrastructure, specializing in the deployment of small cell networks that enhance essential wireless connectivity.

Successfully Concludes Strategic Review with Agreement to Sell Small Cells and Fiber Solutions for $8.5 Billion

Crown Castle Inc. CCI will release its fourth-quarter financial results, after the closing bell, on Thursday, March 13.

HOUSTON, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE: CCI) ("Crown Castle") plans to reschedule the release of its fourth quarter 2024 results to Thursday, March 13, 2025, after the market closes. As previously disclosed, Crown Castle is pursuing a review of strategic alternatives that may be available with respect to its Fiber segment. Due to the significant demands related to the strategic review, Crown Castle has rescheduled its conference call for Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. eastern time.

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Customer concentration and high interest expenses are likely to have impacted CCI's Q4 results despite its unmatched portfolio of wireless communication infrastructure assets.

US equity markets tumbled this week - suffering its worst week in six months - as disappointing employment reports and fast-shifting tariff policy failed to improve skittish investor sentiment. Reminiscent of Fed Chair Powell's infamous August 2022 "some pain ahead" speech, the Trump Administration warned of a "little disturbance" and a necessary "detox period" for the U.S. economy. Softer-than-expected employment data this week fueled doubts that sweeping overhauls to trade policy and fiscal spending can be accomplished without risking a recession.