Crown Castle (CCI) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Crown Castle's (CCI) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 46.04% in Q1 2026, down 307.0% year-on-year from 22.24% in Q1 2025, and down 5.72% quarter-over-quarter from 48.83% in Q4 2025.

Crown Castle (CCI) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Crown Castle has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 46.04% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 46.04%, down 307.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 63.0% (up 16937.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 48.66%, down 105446.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 46.04% for Q1 2026 at Crown Castle, down from 48.83% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 1151.16% in Q2 2024 to a low of 18.1% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 49.1% (2025), against an average of 336.91%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin surged 95603 bps in 2024 and slumped 93621 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Crown Castle's Operating Margin stood at 13.52% in 2022, then surged by 5534 bps to 734.88% in 2023, then tumbled by 102 bps to 18.1% in 2024, then jumped by 370 bps to 48.83% in 2025, then retreated by 6 bps to 46.04% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 46.04% (Q1 2026), 48.83% (Q4 2025), and 48.97% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Equinix 104.53 Bn 101.50 Bn 2.20 Bn 23.61%
2 American Tower 86.20 Bn 92.70 Bn 2.70 Bn 45.27%
3 Digital Realty Trust 63.76 Bn 62.92 Bn - 16.38%
4 Crown Castle 38.57 Bn 38.52 Bn 984.00 Mn 46.04%
5 Iron Mountain 37.41 Bn 37.43 Bn 1.05 Bn 20.41%
6 Sba Communications 20.70 Bn 20.79 Bn 532.10 Mn 48.74%
7 Weyerhaeuser 17.74 Bn 17.44 Bn 318.00 Mn 14.30%
8 Lamar Advertising 15.68 Bn 15.63 Bn 403.56 Mn 32.90%
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.22 Bn 13.62 Bn - 79.37%
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn 13.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 46.04%
Dec 31, 2025 48.83%
Sep 30, 2025 48.97%
Jun 30, 2025 973.08%
Mar 31, 2025 49.10%
Dec 31, 2024 -18.10%
Sep 30, 2024 985.19%
Jun 30, 2024 1,151.16%
Mar 31, 2024 46.68%
Dec 31, 2023 734.88%
Sep 30, 2023 29.15%
Jun 30, 2023 479.86%
Mar 31, 2023 421.48%
Dec 31, 2022 -13.52%
Sep 30, 2022 338.20%
Jun 30, 2022 34.20%
Mar 31, 2022 372.29%
Dec 31, 2021 31.62%
Sep 30, 2021 32.51%
Jun 30, 2021 319.62%