Crown Castle (CCI) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Crown Castle's (CCI) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 1.03 in Q1 2026, down 9.68% year-on-year from 1.14 in Q1 2025, and up 122.63% quarter-over-quarter from 4.56 in Q4 2025.

Crown Castle (CCI) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Crown Castle has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 1.03 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 1.03, down 9.68% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.84 (up 29.81% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.72, up 26.64% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 1.03 for Q1 2026 at Crown Castle, up from 4.56 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 3.66 in Q3 2023 to a low of 10.04 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.7 (2025), against an average of 0.79.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 727.41% in 2022 and surged 353.27% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Crown Castle's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 10.04 in 2022, then soared by 71.93% to 2.82 in 2023, then slumped by 105.56% to 5.79 in 2024, then gained by 21.33% to 4.56 in 2025, then jumped by 122.63% to 1.03 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 1.03 (Q1 2026), 4.56 (Q4 2025), and 0.7 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Equinix 104.53 Bn 101.50 Bn 2.20 Bn 0.87
2 American Tower 86.20 Bn 92.70 Bn 2.70 Bn 0.03
3 Digital Realty Trust 63.76 Bn 62.92 Bn - -2.58
4 Crown Castle 38.57 Bn 38.52 Bn 984.00 Mn 1.03
5 Iron Mountain 37.41 Bn 37.43 Bn 1.05 Bn 7.52
6 Sba Communications 20.70 Bn 20.79 Bn 532.10 Mn 0.65
7 Weyerhaeuser 17.74 Bn 17.44 Bn 318.00 Mn 5.21
8 Lamar Advertising 15.68 Bn 15.63 Bn 403.56 Mn 3.13
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.22 Bn 13.62 Bn - 1.39
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn 0.74

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.03
Dec 31, 2025 -4.56
Sep 30, 2025 0.70
Jun 30, 2025 0.58
Mar 31, 2025 1.14
Dec 31, 2024 -5.79
Sep 30, 2024 1.70
Jun 30, 2024 1.56
Mar 31, 2024 1.24
Dec 31, 2023 -2.82
Sep 30, 2023 3.66
Jun 30, 2023 -0.62
Mar 31, 2023 -2.57
Dec 31, 2022 -10.04
Sep 30, 2022 -1.75
Jun 30, 2022 0.87
Mar 31, 2022 2.31
Dec 31, 2021 1.60
Sep 30, 2021 0.91
Jun 30, 2021 0.75