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Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI) owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market.
The company's stock traded at approximately $81.92 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 122 shares. Currently, shares trade at $100.16, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $12,227 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Crown Castle also paid dividends during these 10 years.
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Crown Castle's dividend yield is currently 4.25%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $57.21 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $6,984 from dividends alone.
Summing up $12,227 and $6,983, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $19,210. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Crown Castle stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 92.10%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 229.70%.
Crown Castle has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a price target of $124.07 based on the ratings of 29 analysts. The price target implies around 24% potential upside from the current stock price.
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On April 30, the company announced its Q1 2025 earnings, posting FFO of $1.10, beating the consensus estimate of $0.97, while revenues of $1.01 billion missed the consensus of $1.04 billion, as reported by Benzinga.
"We delivered solid operational and financial results in the first quarter, as a continuation of strong activity levels in the U.S. drove 5% organic growth in our tower business excluding the impact of Sprint Cancellations, positioning us well to meet our full year 2025 Outlook," said CEO Dan Schlanger.
For its full-year 2025, the company expects AFFO per share in the range of $4.06 to $4.17.
Given the expected upside potential, growth-focused investors may find Crown Castle stock attractive. Furthermore, they can benefit from the company's solid dividend yield of 4.25%.