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CROWN CASTLE INC. (CCI)

As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for CROWN CASTLE INC., latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About CROWN CASTLE INC.

Crown Castle Inc. owns, operates, and leases shared communications infrastructure across the U.S., including over 40,000 towers, approximately 105,000 small cell nodes, and about 90,000 route miles of fiber. The company primarily provides long-term access to its towers through lease and service agreements to wireless carriers such as T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust and focuses on generating recurring site rental revenues from its tower portfolio.

Snapshot

Revenue
$4.26B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-4.4%
Net income
$444.0M
Diluted EPS
$1.01
Gross margin
Operating margin
48.7%
Net margin
10.4%
FCF margin
67.4%
ROE
P/E (TTM)
30.3×
Market cap
$32.39B
Debt / equity

Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).

What changed at Crown Castle

  • Revenue fell 4.4% to $4.3B in FY2025, after a 5.8% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 48.7% in FY2025, +17.1 pp against 31.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $1.0B, down 4.8% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $2.9B in FY2025, 67.4% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $444M in FY2025, from a $3.9B loss in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Crown Castle’s fundamentals sit among the 165 REITs. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin48.7%
75th percentile of 81
Net margin10.4%
52nd percentile of 156
FCF margin67.4%
Highest of 27
Revenue growth (YoY)-4.4%
20th percentile of 161
P/E (TTM)30.3×
53rd percentile of 108
Short interest3.09d
24th percentile of 154

Crown Castle’s FCF margin of 67.4% is the highest of the 27 REITs reporting it.

1 open-market insider buy totaling $73,997 in the last 90 days. For context, about 16% of companies in the universe saw any open-market insider buying in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F (latest Q1 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
8
1 new, 7 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$464.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ1 2026$158.9M2.0MAdded
Elliott Investment ManagementQ1 2026$99.6M1.2MHeld
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ1 2026$69.6M856.2KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ1 2026$55.2M678.4KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ1 2026$37.0M455.6KNew
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ1 2026$19.5M240.4KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ1 2026$15.1M185.2KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ1 2026$7.3M91.5KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ1 2026$989,21712.2KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ1 2026$859,04010.6KAdded

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$74K
open-market value
Sells (90d)
0
Signal
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-05
filed 2026-05-06
Stephens Kevin ADirectorBuy820$90.24$74K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
12.1M
settled 2026-07-15
Change vs prior
-4.4%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.09
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
3.9M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-07-1512.1M-4.4%3.09
2026-06-3012.6M-0.1%2.42
2026-06-1512.6M-1.7%2.77
2026-05-2912.8M-6.8%3.61
2026-05-1513.8M+16.8%3.90
2026-04-3011.8M+11.3%3.86
2026-04-1510.6M+4.8%3.47
2026-03-3110.1M-1.2%3.24

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$4.26B$4.46B$4.73B$6.99B$6.34B
Gross profit
Operating income$2.08B$2.12B$2.10B$2.42B$2.00B
Net income$444.0M$-3.90B$1.50B$1.68B$1.10B
Diluted EPS$1.01$-8.98$3.46$3.86$2.53

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$3.06B$2.94B$3.13B$2.88B$2.79B
Capital expenditure$182.0M$176.0M$243.0M$1.31B$1.23B
Free cash flow$2.88B$2.77B$2.88B$1.57B$1.56B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$1.01B-4.8%$151.0M$0.34
Q4 FY2025$1.07B-4.3%$294.0M$0.67
Q3 FY2025$1.07B-4.3%$323.0M$0.74
Q2 FY2025$1.06B-4.2%$291.0M$0.67
Q1 FY2025$1.06B-4.8%$-464.0M$-1.07
Q4 FY2024$1.12B$-4.77B$-11.06
Q3 FY2024$1.12B-32.8%$303.0M$0.70
Q2 FY2024$1.11B-40.7%$251.0M$0.58

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorReal Estate
SIC industryReal Estate Investment Trusts
Fiscal year endDecember 31
Latest fiscal periodFY2025
SEC filings since2016
SEC CIK1051470

Recent SEC filings

10-K2026-02-23
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10-K2025-03-14
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10-Q2026-05-07
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10-Q2025-11-06
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10-Q2025-08-06
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10-Q2025-05-09
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8-K2026-07-22
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8-K2026-05-20
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.