Crown Castle Inc. $CCI Shares Sold by Stephens Inc. AR

Posted by Brenda Bartman on May 19th, 2026

Stephens Inc. AR decreased its position in Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI – Free Report) by 13.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 40,283 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 6,141 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Crown Castle were worth $3,580,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of CCI. Empowered Funds LLC grew its position in Crown Castle by 7.5% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 16,444 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,714,000 after acquiring an additional 1,150 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in Crown Castle by 6.9% in the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 87,611 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $9,000,000 after acquiring an additional 5,630 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Crown Castle by 3.7% in the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 7,655 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $786,000 after acquiring an additional 272 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC grew its position in Crown Castle by 49.3% in the second quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 10,913 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,121,000 after acquiring an additional 3,603 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. grew its position in Crown Castle by 5.6% in the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 4,955 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $509,000 after acquiring an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Robert Sean Collins sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.49, for a total transaction of $262,470.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 5,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $507,442. This trade represents a 34.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Edward B. Adams, Jr. sold 4,650 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.34, for a total value of $401,481.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,183 shares in the company, valued at $2,174,300.22. This trade represents a 15.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.09% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have issued reports on CCI shares. Raymond James Financial increased their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $102.00 to $108.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $94.00 to $91.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Crown Castle from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. HSBC lowered their price objective on shares of Crown Castle from $107.00 to $88.40 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on shares of Crown Castle from $105.00 to $95.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and eleven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $98.52.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on CCI

Crown Castle Trading Up 3.8%

CCI stock opened at $89.91 on Tuesday. Crown Castle Inc. has a twelve month low of $75.96 and a twelve month high of $115.76. The company has a market capitalization of $39.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.15, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 0.93. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $85.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $87.58.

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.55. Crown Castle had a net margin of 25.13% and a negative return on equity of 64.64%. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $995.42 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.10 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Crown Castle has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.380-4.490 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Crown Castle Inc. will post 4.22 EPS for the current year.

Crown Castle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.7%. Crown Castle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 175.62%.

About Crown Castle

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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.