NYSE$CCI

Crown Castle International · Q4 2020 earnings

Q4 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported solid growth and maintained its full year 2021 outlook.

Crown Castle International Corp. reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020 and maintained its full year 2021 outlook. The company delivered another solid year of growth in 2020, highlighting the strength of its business model.

  • Generated industry leading tower revenue growth in the U.S.
  • Expect approximately 6% growth in Organic Contribution to Site Rental Revenue for our Towers segment in 2021, supporting the previously announced 11% increase in our dividend per share.
  • Finished the year with approximately 50,000 small cells on air.
  • Increased backlog of small cells committed or under construction to approximately 30,000 with the 5G small cell agreement with Verizon.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.49B

Previous: $1.43B+4.5%
EPS (adj)

$2.33

Previous: $1.38+68.8%
Net Income

$508M

Previous: $208M+144.2%
Operating Income

$680M

Previous: $379M+79.4%
Gross Profit

$991M

Previous: $945M+4.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$232M

Previous: $196M+18.4%
Total Assets

$38.8B

Previous: $38.5B+0.8%
Stock-Based Comp

$30M

Previous: $26M+15.4%

Revenue & EPS history

Crown Castle · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.49B

Q4 2020+4.5%vs Q4 2019
Beat estimate in 7 of 16 quarters(44%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Crown Castle · $1.03B total across 2 segments · Q4 2020

  • Site Rental
    $884M+2.3%
  • Services & Other
    $141M+10.2%

Forward guidance

Crown Castle's current Outlook for full year 2021 remains unchanged from the prior full year 2021 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 Q4 2020

Historical avgQ4 2020

-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

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (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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