Crown Castle (CCI) – Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI):

• 4/14/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $84.00 to $89.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/7/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by Scotiabank from $94.00 to $91.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 4/6/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by Wolfe Research from $114.00 to $94.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/31/2026 – Crown Castle is now covered by Truist Financial Corporation. They set a “hold” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/23/2026 – Crown Castle had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by Wells Fargo & Company. They now have a $85.00 price target on the stock, down from $90.00.
• 3/14/2026 – Crown Castle was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 3/5/2026 – Crown Castle is now covered by Sanford C. Bernstein. They set an “outperform” rating and a $102.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/4/2026 – Crown Castle was upgraded by Zacks Research from “strong sell” to “hold”.
• 3/4/2026 – Crown Castle was upgraded by Sanford C. Bernstein to “strong-buy”.
• 2/28/2026 – Crown Castle was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 2/24/2026 – Crown Castle was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “sell (d)” to “hold (c-)”.
• 2/17/2026 – Crown Castle had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $101.00 to $91.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

Crown Castle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th were given a dividend of $1.0625 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.25 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.9%. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 420.79%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Edward B. Adams, Jr. sold 4,650 shares of Crown Castle stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.34, for a total value of $401,481.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,183 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,174,300.22. The trade was a 15.59% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP Robert Sean Collins sold 3,000 shares of Crown Castle stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $87.49, for a total value of $262,470.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 5,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $507,442. The trade was a 34.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.