Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Crown Castle (CCI)

Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 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.
• 10/30/2025 – Crown Castle had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be issued a $1.0625 dividend. This represents a $4.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 15th. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio is presently -39.98%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Crown Castle

In related news, EVP Daniel K. Schlanger sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.08, for a total transaction of $2,942,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 65,571 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,431,203.68. This trade represents a 31.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company 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.