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Company snapshot — Crown Castle

CCI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Crown Castle owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers across the United States, renting space on them to wireless carriers that mount antennas and radio equipment. The towers form part of the physical network that carries mobile voice and data traffic. It operates as a REIT, a real estate investment trust that must distribute most of its taxable income as dividends. The company is headquartered in Houston and has traded publicly since 1998.
Where it sits in the stack
Crown Castle carries no seat in Closelook's own build-out indices; within our wider universe it sits under Real Estate, in the REIT - Specialty group that covers tower and infrastructure landlords rather than any layer of the AI stack itself.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group set for it in the diary's records, but the market usually compares Crown Castle with American Tower and SBA Communications, the other large US tower operators that lease space to wireless carriers.
Why Closelook tracks it
Crown Castle is a constituent of the S&P 500 and carries no Closelook score. Its single appearance in the diary was incidental, in a report listing technical indicators, and does not reflect editorial coverage of the company.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether carriers keep adding equipment to existing towers as networks are upgraded, since tower revenue depends on tenants leasing more space rather than on the tower count changing.

Crown Castle (CCI) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CCI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Barclays, 2026-08-20

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CCI from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Barclays — target 84 Target set to $84 (+12.5% to spot) 2026-08-20

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against REIT - Specialty · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Specialty

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CCI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.82%, quarterly · last 1.06 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What CCI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.25 USD per share · a 5.82% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year −19.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.26 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.06 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.57 USD (partial) · 2024: 6.26 USD · 2025: 4.75 USD · 2026: 3.19 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Crown Castle (CCI)?

Crown Castle trades as CCI on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CCI in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Crown Castle is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does CCI trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.5% vs the 50-day and -12.6% vs the 200-day average, 25.5% below the 52-week high and +4.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 55 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Crown Castle do?

Crown Castle owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers across the United States, renting space on them to wireless carriers that mount antennas and radio equipment. The towers form part of the physical network that carries mobile voice and data traffic. It operates as a REIT, a real estate investment trust that must distribute most of its taxable income as dividends. There is no peer group set for it in the diary's records, but the market usually compares Crown Castle with American Tower and SBA Communications, the other large US tower operators that lease space to wireless carriers.

Where does Crown Castle sit in the AI build-out?

Crown Castle carries no seat in Closelook's own build-out indices; within our wider universe it sits under Real Estate, in the REIT - Specialty group that covers tower and infrastructure landlords rather than any layer of the AI stack itself. Crown Castle is a constituent of the S&P 500 and carries no Closelook score. Its single appearance in the diary was incidental, in a report listing technical indicators, and does not reflect editorial coverage of the company.

Does Crown Castle pay a dividend?

Crown Castle has paid 4.25 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.82% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.06 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Crown Castle recently?

The most recent analyst action on Crown Castle on the Closelook wire is a price target by Barclays on 2026-08-20 (target 84). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Crown Castle?

Crown Castle appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Report: Macro Regime — Money Temperature (2026-04-06). What Closelook said most recently: RSI, MACD, Stochastic, Bollinger Bands, ADX, CCI, Williams %R, OBV — an arsenal of technical indicators available on every TradingView, Barchart, or broker platform. (Report, 2026-04-06). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CCI, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Report, “Macro Regime — Money Temperature” (2026-04-06)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where CCI appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

  • Macro Regime — Money TemperatureReport · 6 Apr 2026RSI, MACD, Stochastic, Bollinger Bands, ADX, CCI, Williams %R, OBV — an arsenal of technical indicators available on every TradingView, Barchart, or broker platform.

Related in the Closelook universe

then REIT - Specialty, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.