Street Calls of the Week
Investing.com - Citizens maintained its Market Outperform rating and $125.00 price target on Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI), a $42.5 billion market cap telecommunications infrastructure company with a 4.36% dividend yield, following its third-quarter results. According to InvestingPro analysis, the stock appears slightly undervalued at its current price of $97.70.
Crown Castle reported slightly better-than-expected financial results for the third quarter of 2025, despite ongoing headwinds from Sprint, according to Citizens.
The telecommunications infrastructure company also announced the addition of Chris Hillabrant to its executive leadership team. Hillabrant joins Crown Castle from Vantage Towers, bringing significant industry experience to the C-suite.
Citizens noted that Crown Castle stock has underperformed the broader S&P 500 across multiple timeframes, including 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, 2-year, and 1-year periods.
Despite this historical underperformance, Citizens expressed optimism that the new CEO could drive AFFO (Adjusted Funds From Operations) per share growth at a rate exceeding revenue growth over the next five years.
In other recent news, Crown Castle International Corp reported its third-quarter earnings for 2025, revealing a notable earnings per share (EPS) of $0.74, which exceeded analyst projections of $0.52 by 42.31%. However, the company’s revenue was below expectations, coming in at $1.01 billion compared to the anticipated $1.06 billion, marking a 4.72% shortfall. Despite this revenue miss, Crown Castle increased its guidance, indicating optimism in future performance. Goldman Sachs has maintained its Neutral rating on Crown Castle, with a price target of $117. The firm highlighted that Crown Castle’s results showed positive trends in site rental revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and AFFO. These developments, according to Goldman Sachs, could potentially drive the stock modestly higher. These recent financial results and analyst insights provide a mixed yet informative outlook for investors considering Crown Castle.
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