NYSE$CCI
Crown Castle International · Q3 2023 earnings
Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Reported third quarter results and provided outlook for full year 2024.
Crown Castle reported a 1% increase in site rental revenues, reaching $1,577 million, and a net income of $265 million for Q3 2023. The company's full year 2023 outlook remains consistent with expectations of 5% tower organic revenue growth and deployment of 10,000 small cell nodes. The company expects full year 2024 organic growth excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations of 4.5% from towers, 13% from small cells, based on plans to deliver approximately 14,000 small cell nodes, and 3% from fiber solutions to generate consolidated organic revenue growth of 5%.
- Site rental revenues grew by 1% to $1,577 million in Q3 2023, driven by a $53 million Organic Contribution to Site Rental Billings.
- Net income for Q3 2023 was $265 million, which included $72 million in restructuring charges.
- Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2023 was $1.05 billion, a decrease compared to $1.08 billion for Q3 2022, primarily due to lower services contribution.
- Crown Castle paid common stock dividends of approximately $680 million during the quarter, an increase of 6.5% on a per share basis compared to the same period a year ago.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Crown Castle · Revenue · Quarterly
$1.67B
Revenue by segment
Crown Castle · $1.16B total across 2 segments · Q3 2023
- Site Rental$1.07B-0.9%92.3%
- Services & Other$90M-49.4%7.7%
Forward guidance
Crown Castle expects full year 2024 organic growth excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations of 4.5% from towers, 13% from small cells, based on plans to deliver approximately 14,000 small cell nodes, and 3% from fiber solutions to generate consolidated organic revenue growth of 5%. The company plans to deploy discretionary capital, net of prepaid rent additions of $430 million, totaling approximately $1.2 billion which the company expects to fund without issuing equity in 2024.
Tailwinds
- Expects full year 2024 organic growth excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations of 4.5% from towers.
- Expects full year 2024 organic growth excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations of 13% from small cells, based on plans to deliver approximately 14,000 small cell nodes.
- Expects full year 2024 organic growth excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations of 3% from fiber solutions
- Expects to generate consolidated organic revenue growth of 5%.
- Plans to deploy discretionary capital, net of prepaid rent additions of $430 million, totaling approximately $1.2 billion which the company expects to fund without issuing equity in 2024.
Headwinds
- Expects full year 2024 site rental revenues between $6,347 million and $6,392 million, down from $6,488 million to $6,533 million in the current full year 2023 outlook.
- Expects full year 2024 net income (loss) between $1,213 million and $1,293 million, down from $1,429 million to $1,509 million in the current full year 2023 outlook.
- Expects full year 2024 Adjusted EBITDA between $4,138 million and $4,188 million, down from $4,399 million to $4,444 million in the current full year 2023 outlook.
- Expects full year 2024 AFFO between $2,980 million and $3,030 million, down from $3,261 million to $3,296 million in the current full year 2023 outlook.
- Expects full year 2024 AFFO per share between $6.85 and $6.97, down from $7.50 to $7.58 in the current full year 2023 outlook.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2023
-0.3%
Avg return
Earnings day
-0.7%
Avg return
5 days after
-0.1%
Avg return
30 days after
54%
38 / 70 earnings
Positive
+8.5%
Q4 2024
Best reaction
-9.0%
Q4 2025
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -1.0% | +0.2% | +6.3% | |
| Q4 2025 | -9.0% | -1.8% | +5.0% | |
| Q3 2025 | +0.6% | -3.2% | -7.9% | |
| Q2 2025 | +0.6% | +1.8% | -5.6% | |
| Q1 2025 | +0.5% | +0.6% | -5.1% | |
| Q4 2024 | +8.5% | +9.7% | +1.7% | |
| Q3 2024 | -2.2% | -3.6% | -9.2% | |
| Q2 2024 | +1.1% | +0.0% | +5.7% | |
| Q1 2024 | +0.4% | +1.2% | +9.5% | |
| Q4 2023 | +2.6% | +0.9% | +0.7% | |
| Q3 2023 | -8.0% | -7.3% | +11.3% | |
| Q2 2023 | -2.8% | +0.8% | -9.3% | |
| Q1 2023 | -4.1% | -6.0% | -14.6% | |
| Q4 2022 | +1.9% | -0.4% | -9.7% | |
| Q3 2022 | -4.9% | -8.2% | +1.8% | |
| Q2 2022 | -0.3% | -1.2% | +3.8% | |
| Q1 2022 | +1.3% | -0.5% | -6.0% | |
| Q4 2021 | -5.8% | +0.2% | -8.0% | |
| Q3 2021 | +2.9% | +2.8% | +6.3% | |
| Q2 2021 | -5.5% | -5.4% | -2.6% | |
| Q1 2021 | +0.7% | +1.7% | +1.4% | |
| Q4 2020 | -3.3% | +0.5% | -4.7% | |
| Q3 2020 | -5.0% | -2.8% | +1.5% | |
| Q2 2020 | -0.9% | -4.5% | -4.7% | |
| Q1 2020 | -1.1% | -2.2% | +6.8% | |
| Q4 2019 | -9.0% | -4.2% | -16.0% | |
| Q3 2019 | +3.7% | +6.5% | +0.0% | |
| Q2 2019 | -4.4% | -4.7% | +7.7% | |
| Q1 2019 | -1.6% | -1.6% | +2.1% | |
| Q4 2018 | +2.5% | +4.8% | +9.8% | |
| Q3 2018 | -0.3% | -1.0% | +4.9% | |
| Q2 2018 | +0.1% | -1.9% | +2.7% | |
| Q1 2018 | -3.3% | -1.1% | -3.7% | |
| Q4 2017 | -1.6% | -0.5% | +0.1% | |
| Q3 2017 | +1.8% | +2.5% | +8.5% | |
| Q2 2017 | +0.7% | +2.6% | +7.7% | |
| Q1 2017 | -1.3% | -1.0% | +5.9% | |
| Q4 2016 | +0.4% | -1.0% | +5.6% | |
| Q3 2016 | +3.5% | +2.4% | -7.3% | |
| Q2 2016 | +0.4% | -1.8% | -5.2% | |
| Q1 2016 | +0.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +1.4% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | +4.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | +3.1% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | +1.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +4.0% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | -5.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | -2.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -1.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | -1.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | -1.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | -4.1% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | +4.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | -0.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | +1.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | +4.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +2.3% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | +0.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | +2.7% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -5.1% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +2.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -3.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | -1.8% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | +0.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2009 | +2.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | +0.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | +2.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2009 | +2.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2009 | +6.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2008 | -3.9% | — | — |
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