Crown Castle

Company Profile

Crown Castle had its IPO on 1998-08-14 under the ticker symbol CCI.

The company operates in the Real Estate sector and REIT-Specialty industry. Crown Castle has a staff strength of 5,000 employees.

Stock update

Shares of Crown Castle opened at $98.12 at the start of the last trading session i.e. 2023-09-12.

The stocks traded within a range of $95.95 - $98.27, and closed at $97.95.

This is a -0.59% slip from the previous day's closing price.

A total volume of 2,519,839 shares were traded at the close of the day’s session.

In the last one week, shares of Crown Castle have slipped by -1.82%.

Crown Castle's Key Ratios

Crown Castle has a market cap of $48.92 billion, indicating a price to book ratio of 7.885 and a price to sales ratio of 8.6912.

In the last 12-months Crown Castle’s revenue was $7.02 billion with a gross profit of $4.92 billion and an EBITDA of $4.13 billion. The EBITDA ratio measures Crown Castle's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure its profitability.

In the trailing 12-month period, Crown Castle’s operating margin was 35.02% while its return on assets stood at 3.93% with a return of equity of 21.92%.

In Q1, Crown Castle’s quarterly earnings growth was a negative -0.5% while revenue growth was a positive 1.8%.

Crown Castle’s PE and PEG Ratio

Forward PE

35.9712

Trailing PE

29.2228

PEG

3.3523

Its diluted EPS in the last 12-months stands at $3.86 per share while it has a forward price to earnings multiple of 35.9712 and a PEG multiple of 3.3523. A low price to earnings ratio can mean the stock is attractively valued while a high ratio suggests the stock may be overvalued.

The PEG on the other hand provides a broader view compared to the P/E ratio and gives greater insight into Crown Castle’s profitability.

Crown Castle stock is trading at a EV to sales ratio of 12.8189 and a EV to EBITDA ratio of 22.2302. Its price to sales ratio in the trailing 12-months stood at 8.6912.

Crown Castle stock pays annual dividends of $6.07 per share, indicating a yield of 5.58% and a payout ratio of 1.6%.

Balance sheet and cash flow metrics

Total Assets

$39.05 billion

Total Liabilities

$2.54 billion

Operating Cash Flow

$-407000000.00

Capital Expenditure

$341 million

Dividend Payout Ratio

1.6%

Crown Castle ended 2024 with $39.05 billion in total assets and $0 in total liabilities. Its intangible assets were valued at $39.05 billion while shareholder equity stood at $7.22 billion.

Crown Castle ended 2024 with $0 in deferred long-term liabilities, $2.54 billion in other current liabilities, 4000000.00 in common stock, $-10929000000.00 in retained earnings and $10.09 billion in goodwill. Its cash balance stood at $187.00 million and cash and short-term investments were $187.00 million. The company’s total short-term debt was $1,149,000,000 while long-term debt stood at $21.51 billion.

Crown Castle’s total current assets stands at $1.33 billion while long-term investments were $0 and short-term investments were $0. Its net receivables were $690.00 million compared to accounts payable of $233.00 million and inventory worth $0.

In 2024, Crown Castle's operating cash flow was $-407000000.00 while its capital expenditure stood at $341 million.

Comparatively, Crown Castle paid $0.02 in dividends in 2024.

Other key metrics

Current Trading Price

$97.95

52-Week High

$180.268

52-Week Low

$110.22

Analyst Target Price

$149.07

Crown Castle stock is currently trading at $97.95 per share. It touched a 52-week high of $180.268 and a 52-week low of $180.268. Analysts tracking the stock have a 12-month average target price of $149.07.

Its 50-day moving average was $105.98 and 200-day moving average was $122.26 The short ratio stood at 1.82 indicating a short percent outstanding of 0%.

Around 35.5% of the company’s stock are held by insiders while 9270.5% are held by institutions.