Crown Castle (CCI) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI):

• 1/14/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Scotiabank from $114.00 to $96.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 1/12/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from $112.00 to $110.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/12/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $115.00 to $110.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/9/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $107.00 to $97.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/5/2026 – Crown Castle was downgraded by analysts at New Street Research from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $93.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/29/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/22/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/16/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $102.00 to $90.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 12/16/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $115.00 to $105.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 12/15/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/10/2025 – Crown Castle had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG. They now have a $127.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/8/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/3/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $114.00 to $107.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 12/1/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/1/2025 – Crown Castle had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC. They now have a $101.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $104.00.
• 12/1/2025 – Crown Castle was downgraded by analysts at Barclays PLC from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating. They now have a $101.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $104.00.
• 11/25/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/19/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/17/2025 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $120.00 to $104.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 15th were paid a $1.0625 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 15th. This represents a $4.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.7%. Crown Castle’s payout ratio is presently -39.98%.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Daniel K. Schlanger sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.08, for a total transaction of $2,942,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 65,571 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,431,203.68. This represents a 31.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Crown Castle is a U.S.-focused communications infrastructure company organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates and leases shared wireless infrastructure. Its primary business consists of providing tower-based site leases, small cell networks and fiber solutions that support mobile voice and data transmission for wireless carriers, cable companies and other enterprise customers. The company’s assets are positioned to enable network coverage and capacity, including the densification projects associated with 4G LTE and 5G deployments.

Its product and service offerings include ground-based tower sites that host multiple wireless operators, distributed small cell nodes and associated fiber backhaul used to connect sites into carrier networks, and site development and maintenance services.