Crown Castle Inc. (CCI)

FairStock Score: 67/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look for durable, understandable cash flows and a balance sheet I can trust. Crown Castle owns about 40,000 U.S. cell towers, which should be a recurring-lease business with a real competitive position as wireless carriers need sites. But the filed numbers here are volatile: in FY2025 revenue was $215.0M and net income $444.0M, after FY2024 revenue of $192.0M and a net loss of $3.9B; FY2023 revenue was $421.0M and net income $1.5B. FairStock's Lynch category is TURNAROUND because it returned to profit after a loss within the last three years. In fiscal Q2 2026 (quarter ended 2026-06-30), filed revenue was $41.0M and net income $94.0M, versus fiscal Q2 2025 revenue of $52.0M and net income $291.0M, so the recovery is uneven. For a REIT, depreciation distorts EPS and P/E, so I do not use Graham Number or margin of safety; FFO/AFFO are the right measures, but they are not in the data. I lean on dividend yield, leverage, revenue trend and price-to-book. The 4.86% dividend yield is meaningful, P/B is unavailable, and leverage is a blind spot: D/E is N/A and FairStock's Altman Z-Score is -0.44. At the 2026-10-26 close of $87.47, FairStock P/E is 35.13, PEG 0.27, EV/EBITDA 21.96, FCF yield 6.5%, Piotroski 6/9, and ROCE 4.69%. That is not a clear Graham bargain; it is fair-to-full and depends on turnaround execution.

In plain English: Crown Castle owns and leases cell towers in the U.S. The business swung from a huge loss in 2024 to a profit in 2025 and pays a 4.86% dividend. At $87.47 on 2026-10-26, the price looks fair to slightly expensive versus reported earnings, while important property cash-flow numbers are missing.

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Data as of 2026-10-26 close · note generated 2026-10-28 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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