NYSE$CCI
Crown Castle International · Q3 2024 earnings
Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Crown Castle reported solid operating and financial performance and reaffirmed its full year 2024 Outlook for Adjusted EBITDA and AFFO.
Crown Castle reported Q3 2024 results with site rental revenues of $1,593 million and net income of $303 million. The company reaffirmed its full year 2024 Outlook for Adjusted EBITDA and AFFO. It also completed discussions with customers, resulting in the cancellation of approximately 7,000 greenfield small cell nodes.
- Site rental revenues grew 1% to $1,593 million, including $65 million in Organic Contribution to Site Rental Billings.
- Net income for the third quarter 2024 was $303 million, including $48 million of restructuring charges.
- Third quarter 2024 Adjusted EBITDA was $1.1 billion.
- Third quarter 2024 AFFO was $801 million, or $1.84 per share, representing an increase of 4%.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Crown Castle · Revenue · Quarterly
$1.65B
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 updated its full year 2024 Outlook to reflect the impact of the mutual cancellation of approximately 7,000 small cell nodes, which is expected to result in a $125 to $150 million asset write-down charge in the fourth quarter, reducing full year 2024 Outlook for net income by $138 million at the midpoint.
Tailwinds
- Full year consolidated site rental billings growth, excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations, is expected to be 5%, inclusive of 4.5% from towers, 15% from small cells, and 2% from fiber solutions.
- Core leasing activity for full year 2024 is expected to contribute $305 million to $335 million.
- The expected 2024 small cell core leasing activity includes $22 million of higher-than-expected non-recurring revenues primarily related to early termination payments which occurred in the third quarter.
- Excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations and the increase in non-recurring revenues, small cell organic growth is expected to be 10% in 2024.
- The full year 2024 Outlook for discretionary capital expenditures is $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion.
Headwinds
- Mutual cancellation of approximately 7,000 small cell nodes.
- These cancellations are expected to result in a $125 to $150 million asset write-down charge in the fourth quarter.
- Reducing full year 2024 Outlook for net income by $138 million at the midpoint.
- Site rental revenues as a percentage of prior year site rental revenues (3.0)%.
- Organic Contribution to Site Rental Billings as a percentage of prior year site rental billings 1.6%.
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 2024
-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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