CCI Stock Recent News

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.

US equity markets steadied this past week while bond markets rallied as investors parsed a surprisingly solid slate of economic data and a decent start to corporate earnings season. Early week gains were pared following comments from Fed Chair Powell regarding the inflationary impact of tariffs and the reluctance of the Fed to step in to support markets. The hawkish comments sparked a series of blistering critiques by President Trump, accusing the Fed Chair of "playing politics" and posting that his "termination cannot come fast enough."

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