Crown Castle
CCI NYSE· Telecom Tower REITs
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$87.87
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Crown Castle had $4.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 4.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed −6.1% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 48.7%, up 1.2 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 49 is left after running the business.
- Crown Castle made $444M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 0.7% a year.
- Crown Castle returned $2.1B to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.7%.
- Crown Castle owes $24.2B more than it holds in cash, about 8.8 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$38.1B
P/E
44.6x
Revenue
$4.3B
Net income
$444M
Free cash flow
—
Operating margin
48.7%
Crown Castle in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−4.4%
No. Sales fell 4.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
10.4%
Yes. It keeps 10.4% of every sale as profit.
Is debt under control?
8.8x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 8.8 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 8
Mixed. It passes 5 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
44.6x
One share costs 44.6 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 27.8x.
What Crown Castle does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 23, 2026
- Legal name
- CROWN CASTLE INC.
- CIK
- 0001051470
Crown Castle · CCI
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $6.3B | $7.0B | $4.7B | $4.5B | $4.3B |
| Revenue growth | 8.6% | 10.2% | −32.2% | −5.8% | −4.4% |
| Operating margin | 31.6% | 34.7% | 44.3% | 47.5% | 48.7% |
| Net income | $1.1B | $1.7B | $1.5B | −$3.9B | $444M |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 24.0% | 31.7% | −87.5% | 10.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.53 | $3.86 | $3.46 | −$8.98 | $1.01 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $2.8B | $2.9B | $3.1B | $2.9B | $3.1B |
| Dividends paid | $2.4B | $2.6B | $2.7B | $2.7B | $2.1B |
| Share buybacks | $70.0M | $65.0M | $30.0M | $33.0M | $23.0M |
| Share count change | 2.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $292M | $156M | $105M | $100M | $99.0M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $20.6B | $21.7B | $22.9B | $24.1B | $24.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $8.3B | $7.4B | $6.4B | −$133M | −$1.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.6x | 5.2x | 7.9x | 8.4x | 8.8x |
| Current ratio | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.3x |
| Interest coverage | 3.1x | 3.5x | 2.5x | 2.3x | 2.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 6.9% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Return on equity | 12.4% | 21.3% | 21.7% | −124.9% | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | −0.3 | −0.5 | −0.7 | −1.6 | −2.4 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.9M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Crown Castle · CCI
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Castle CCI | $38.1B | −4.4% | 48.7% | — | 8.8% | 44.6x | 5 |
| SBA Communications SBAC | $19.6B | 5.1% | 47.7% | 37.9% | 14.4% | 19.9x | 6 |
| American Tower AMT | $85.7B | 5.1% | 45.5% | 35.5% | 9.3% | 25.3x | 5 |
| Vici Properties VICI | $25.8B | 4.1% | — | 62.6% | 8.2% | 9.2x | — |
| Public Storage PSA | $55.2B | 2.7% | — | — | 11.0% | 29.8x | — |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $87.87 a share, the company is worth $38.1B: 44.6 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Crown Castle grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 4 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001051470). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.