Crown Castle (CCI) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Crown Castle's (CCI) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $452.0 million in Q1 2026, down 24.79% year-on-year from $601.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 44.27% quarter-over-quarter from $811.0 million in Q4 2025.

Crown Castle (CCI) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Crown Castle has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $452.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $452.0 million, down 24.79% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.7 billion (up 20.25% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.9 billion, up 3.9% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $452.0 million for Q1 2026 at Crown Castle, down from $811.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $1.7 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of $186.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $552.0 million (2024), against an average of $624.8 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow soared 275.17% in 2023 and sank 60.34% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Crown Castle's Free Cash Flow stood at $451.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 275.17% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then sank by 51.24% to $825.0 million in 2024, then declined by 1.7% to $811.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 44.27% to $452.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $452.0 million (Q1 2026), $811.0 million (Q4 2025), and $671.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Equinix 104.53 Bn 101.50 Bn 2.20 Bn 594.00 Mn
2 American Tower 86.20 Bn 92.70 Bn 2.70 Bn 951.10 Mn
3 Digital Realty Trust 63.76 Bn 62.92 Bn - -337.62 Mn
4 Crown Castle 38.57 Bn 38.52 Bn 984.00 Mn 452.00 Mn
5 Iron Mountain 37.41 Bn 37.43 Bn 1.05 Bn 36.65 Mn
6 Sba Communications 20.70 Bn 20.79 Bn 532.10 Mn 206.69 Mn
7 Weyerhaeuser 17.74 Bn 17.44 Bn 318.00 Mn 29.00 Mn
8 Lamar Advertising 15.68 Bn 15.63 Bn 403.56 Mn 208.30 Mn
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.22 Bn 13.62 Bn - 158.75 Mn
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn 72.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 452.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 452.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 811.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 811.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 671.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 671.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 792.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 792.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 601.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 601.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 825.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 825.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 402.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 402.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 439.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 439.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 552.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 552.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.69 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.69 Bn