Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Real Estate · REIT - Specialty
Sell if holding. At $87.84, A.R:R 0.2:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: REIT tenant concentration cliff: 90% of NOI from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (≥40% threshold). Single-tenant churn risk dominates spot FFO.; Concentration risk — Tenant: T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (90.0%).
Crown Castle is a US tower REIT with 40,000+ towers operated under long-term tenant contracts. Fiber Business sold May 1, 2026 for $8.5B aggregate proceeds and classified as discontinued operations. Site rental revenues from T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless represent... Read more
Sell if holding. At $87.84, A.R:R 0.2:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: REIT tenant concentration cliff: 90% of NOI from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (≥40% threshold). Single-tenant churn risk dominates spot FFO.; Concentration risk — Tenant: T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (90.0%). Chart setup: RSI 56 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.4/10, high confidence.
Passes 6/10 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 65d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA) and reit tenant cliff hard block. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Crown Castle Inc.
Material events (past 30 days)
- May 1, 2026 MEDIUM Item 1.02: Crown Castle terminated its Existing Credit Agreement and entered a new $4.5B unsecured revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase as administrative agent. Old agreement replaced; new facility matures per its terms.
Latest news
- CROWN CASTLE INTL ($CCI) Releases Q1 2026 Earnings, Stock Rises - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative positive
- Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- Crown Castle Q1 earnings fall less than feared (CCI:NYSE) - Seeking Alpha — Seeking Alpha positive
- Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) - Bullish Setup Ahead of Q1 2026 Earnings Amid Sector Tailwinds - Growth Forecast - Cổng thông t — Cổng thông tin điện tử tỉnh Lào Cai positive
- Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) - Pre-Earnings Analysis: Fundamentals, Risks, and Beat Probability Ahead of Q1 2026 Results - In — UBND thành phố Hải Phòng positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
Thesis
Key Metrics
Quality Signals
Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHTenantT-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless90%10-K Item 1: 'Our three largest tenants are T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Collectively, these three tenants accounted for approximately 90% of our 2025 site rental revenues.'
- HIGHProductsite rental revenues95%10-K Item 1: 'Site rental revenues represented 95% of our 2025 net revenues.'
- HIGHcounterpartyAT&T and T-Mobile master leases55%10-K Item 1A: 'As of December 31, 2025, approximately 55% of our towers were leased or subleased or operated and managed under master leases, subleases, or other agreements with AT&T and T-Mobile'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-05-01Item 1.02MEDIUMCrown Castle terminated its Existing Credit Agreement and entered a new $4.5B unsecured revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase as administrative agent. Old agreement replaced; new facility matures per its terms.SEC filing →
- 2026-02-25Item 5.02LOWBoard approved 2026 EMT Annual Incentive Plan for executive management team including President/CEO Christian H. Hillabrant and other executive officers, providing cash incentives tied to corporate financial performance goals.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -4.8% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Position Sizing
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Verdict History
Frequently Asked Questions
Sell if holding. At $87.84, A.R:R 0.2:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: REIT tenant concentration cliff: 90% of NOI from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (≥40% threshold). Single-tenant churn risk dominates spot FFO.; Concentration risk — Tenant: T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (90.0%). Chart setup: RSI 56 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $83.41. Score 4.4/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $88.94 (+1.2% upside). Prior stop was $83.41. Stop-loss: $83.41.
REIT tenant concentration cliff: 90% of NOI from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (≥40% threshold). Single-tenant churn risk dominates spot FFO.; Concentration risk — Tenant: T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless (90.0%); Concentration risk — Product: site rental revenues (95.0%).
Crown Castle Inc. trades at a P/E of 36.6 (forward 29.3). TrendMatrix value score: 4.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover CCI with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $99.
What does Crown Castle Inc. do?Crown Castle is a US tower REIT with 40,000+ towers operated under long-term tenant contracts. Fiber Business sold May...
Crown Castle is a US tower REIT with 40,000+ towers operated under long-term tenant contracts. Fiber Business sold May 1, 2026 for $8.5B aggregate proceeds and classified as discontinued operations. Site rental revenues from T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless represent approximately 90% of 2025 site rental revenues, which themselves are 95% of net revenues.