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Crown Castle Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
1/2
Debt is the clearest tension in Crown Castle Inc.'s profile: Debt/EBITDA stands at 9.5×, exceeding the sector median 4.2× by +127%, which places the balance sheet in the bottom quartile of Real Estate. The F-Score of 6/9 captures that split — profitability scores cleanly, but the balance-sheet and efficiency sub-scores drag the total down. FCF yield runs at 7.3%, +61% above the sector median 4.5%, and ROE at 17.5% sits +95% above the median 9.0%, so the business does generate returns; the problem is that revenue growth at -4.4% trails the sector median 5.4% by -182%. The last quarter beat consensus by 18.9%, yet the realized growth record per SEC filings is weak, and the consensus track record over eight quarters is also weak — the market's forward models rest on a recovery the historical numbers have not yet confirmed.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMT | American Tower | 6/9 | 75% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When CCI reports on October 20, 2026, track revenue year over year against the current 5.36% decline and monitor whether the Debt/EBITDA of 4.17x — already 2.3x above the sector median — is moving toward or away from the median. The profitability block scored 4/4, so watch for any cracks there first.
On SEC EDGAR, open Crown Castle's most recent 10-K and go directly to the risk factors and MD&A sections. Focus on how management frames the elevated leverage load and what refinancing timelines or covenant thresholds are disclosed, given Debt/EBITDA sits well above the sector median.
From the same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — Debt/EBITDA or FCF yield are the most relevant given CCI's figures of 4.17x and 4.50%. No company in that alphabetical table is ranked, so the comparison is yours to draw.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -11%+254%-4%+4%
Over 4 years: 8.598.769.159.50
Over 4 years: +9%+11%-6%-4%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +5% |
| 46% |
| ARE | Alexandria Real Estate | 4/9 | -9% | -3% | — |
| AVB | AvalonBay | 4/9 | 9% | +4% | 66% |
| CCI | Crown Castle Inc. | 6/9 | 17% | -4% | 49% |
| DLR | Digital Realty | 6/9 | 6% | +10% | 11% |
| EQIX | Equinix | 6/9 | 10% | +5% | 20% |
| EQR | Equity Residential | 5/9 | 9% | +5% | 50% |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust | 6/9 | 13% | +6% | 48% |
| MAA | Mid-America Apartment | 4/9 | 8% | +1% | — |
| O | Realty Income | 6/9 | 3% | +9% | — |
| PLD | Prologis | 4/9 | 6% | +7% | 50% |
| PSA | Public Storage | 5/9 | 19% | +3% | — |
| SPG | Simon Property | 4/9 | 132% | +7% | 50% |
| VTR | Ventas | 6/9 | 2% | +18% | — |
| WELL | Welltower | 6/9 | 3% | +36% | — |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.