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Crown Castle (Crown Castle) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 24.06 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Crown Castle's share price is $94.37. Crown Castle's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.92. Hence, Crown Castle's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 24.06.

The historical rank and industry rank for Crown Castle's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

CCI' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.93   Med: 43.99   Max: 109.56
Current: 24.06

During the past 13 years, Crown Castle's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 109.56. The lowest was 21.93. And the median was 43.99.

CCI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
80.14% of 700 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 11.91 vs CCI: 24.06

Crown Castle's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.18. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $3.92.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Crown Castle was 8.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 20.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Crown Castle's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 93.70% per year. The lowest was -30.60% per year. And the median was 16.50% per year.


Crown Castle Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Crown Castle's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Crown Castle Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 92.73 47.28 60.47 37.54 29.37

Crown Castle Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 37.54 37.32 27.17 24.32 29.37

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Crown Castle's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Crown Castle Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Crown Castle's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Crown Castle's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Crown Castle Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Crown Castle's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=94.37/3.922
=24.06

Crown Castle's Share Price of today is $94.37.
Crown Castle's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.92.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Crown Castle  (NYSE:CCI) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Crown Castle (Crown Castle) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8020 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX, USA, 77024-1908
Crown Castle International owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers in the United States. It also owns more than 85,000 route miles of fiber. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company's fiber is primarily leased by wireless service providers to set up small-cell network infrastructure and by enterprises for their internal connection needs. Crown Castle's towers and fiber are predominantly located in the largest U.S. cities. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 70% of its revenue coming from the big three U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust.
Executives
Robert Sean Collins officer: Vice President and Controller 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Maria M Pope director C/O PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., 121 SW SALMON ST, PORTLAND OR 97204
Kevin T Kabat director UNUM GROUP, 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, CHATTANOOGA TN 37402
Kevin A Stephens director 1220 AUGUSTA DRIVE, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77057
Laura B Nichol officer: EVP - Business Support 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Christopher Levendos officer: EVP & COO - Fiber 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Adams Edward B Jr officer: EVP and General Counsel 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Matthew Iii Thornton director 3610 HACKS CROSS ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Michael Joseph Kavanagh officer: SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Catherine Piche officer: EVP & COO-Towers 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Daniel K Schlanger officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
J Landis Martin director TIMET CORP, 1999 BROADWAY SUITE 4300, DENVER CO 80202
Kenneth Jay Simon officer: SVP and General Counsel 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
James D Young officer: SVP & Chief Operating Officer 510 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77057
Tammy Jones director MONOGRAM RESIDENTIAL TRUST,INC., 5800 GRANITE PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, PLANO TX 75024