CCI
Crown Castle Inc. Real Estate Real Estate Investment Trusts S&P 500Russell 3000
$88.69Close
$38.6BMarket cap
$66.12 – $93.4052-week range
Mid-januaryNext report · estimated
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 4 of 8 trend conditions
- Extended 4.9 ATR above its 50-day average
- Earnings shrinking EPS −67% year on year
- Financial distress Altman Z″ in the distress zone
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
5%
1wk
up 3.2%
price change
1mo
up 33.1%
price change
12-month return
up 1%
market up 11% ·
its own down 11%
F-score
7 / 9
Strong
Altman Z″
-2.39
Elevated risk
P/E
86.9×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
—
price / book
Earnings yield
up 3.3%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
64%
of the market · cheap
Revenue growth
up 12%
year on year
EPS growth
down 67%
latest quarter
Sales growth
down 21%
latest quarter · -19 pts
ROE
—
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 1337%
$2.9B FCF
D/E
—
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
8.8×
Interest cover
2.1×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- took on more long-term debt
- short-term liquidity weakened
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
- assets working harder
Repair signals
- Gross margin -840.6% → 47.4%
- Revenue reaccelerating (-54% then +12%)
Trade setup
ATR%
3.6%
$3.21 a day · 2×ATR $82.28
RS
57 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
4 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.9×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.32
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 4 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: passes
- 150-day average above the 200-day: fails
- 200-day average rising for a month: fails
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: fails
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Liabilities exceed assets Shareholders' equity is negative at -$1.6B as of Dec 31, 2025. What is left for shareholders after creditors is, on the balance sheet, less than nothing.
- Bankruptcy model reads distressed The Altman score sits inside the range historically associated with financial distress. It is used here only to exclude, never to rank, and it is a statistical band rather than a prediction about this company.
- Heavily indebted Net debt is 8.8 times EBITDA — roughly 9 years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation to repay borrowings in full.
Last reported
Oct 21, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 21, 2026-2% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$834,01436.6% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 47%
- Net 207%
- Free cash 1337%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $520.0M | $621.0M | $697.0M | $421.0M | $192.0M | $215.0M |
| Gross margin | -271% | -214% | -190% | -360% | -841% | 47% |
| Operating income | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.4B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B |
| Net income | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.7B | $1.5B | -$3.9B | $444.0M |
| Net margin | 203% | 176% | 240% | 357% | -2033% | 207% |
| Earnings per share | $2.48 | $2.53 | $3.86 | $3.46 | -$8.99 | $1.02 |
| Free cash flow | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $2.9B | $2.8B | $2.9B |
| Free cash margin | 275% | 251% | 225% | 685% | 1441% | 1337% |
| Cash | $232.0M | $292.0M | $156.0M | $105.0M | $100.0M | $99.0M |
| Long-term debt | $19.3B | $20.6B | $21.7B | $22.9B | $24.1B | $24.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $9.5B | $8.3B | $7.4B | $6.4B | -$133.0M | -$1.6B |
| Shares outstanding | 431m | 432m | 433m | 434m | 435m | 435m |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $82 – $95 ±7.5% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Smaller 36.6% priced · 61.0% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs more
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $834,014 calls $686,639 · puts $147,375 · latest session
- 0.21× +0.09 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +3.93k · puts +2.92k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 36.6% (+2.9% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.09 · 25Δ skew 2.0 pts · Net GEX $6.3M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 36d |
| May 7, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 37d |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 54d |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 37d |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 37d |
| May 9, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 39d |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 73d |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 30d |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 30d |
| May 1, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 31d |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 54d |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2023 | 32d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| May 20, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 20, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| May 1, 2026 | Material agreement · Agreement ended · New obligation ↗ |
| May 1, 2026 | Acquisition or disposal · Results · Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Results · Restructuring · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Results ↗ |