Growth Metrics

Crown Castle (CCI) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

Crown Castle recorded annual Operating Margin of 48.66% in FY2025, down 95.59% year-over-year from 1103.12% in FY2024.

Crown Castle's Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 48.66% for FY2025.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 307.0% year-over-year to 46.04%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 63.0% (up 16937.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 48.66%, down 105446.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 48.66% for FY2025 at Crown Castle, down from 1103.12% in the prior year.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 1103.12% in FY2024 to a low of 31.56% in FY2021.
  • A 5-year average of 405.87% and a median of 347.92% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin surged 60503 bps in 2024 and plunged 105446 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Crown Castle's Operating Margin stood at 31.56% in 2021, then jumped by 1002 bps to 347.92% in 2022, then jumped by 43 bps to 498.1% in 2023, then soared by 121 bps to 1103.12% in 2024, then slumped by 96 bps to 48.66% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 48.66%, 1103.12%, and 498.1% for FY2025, FY2024, and FY2023 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Yr)
1 Equinix 106.10 Bn 103.07 Bn 2.20 Bn -
2 American Tower 85.70 Bn 92.20 Bn 2.70 Bn -
3 Digital Realty Trust 67.00 Bn 66.16 Bn - -
4 Crown Castle 40.17 Bn 40.12 Bn 984.00 Mn -
5 Iron Mountain 37.80 Bn 37.83 Bn 1.05 Bn -
6 Sba Communications 21.99 Bn 22.08 Bn 532.10 Mn -
7 Weyerhaeuser 16.98 Bn 16.68 Bn 318.00 Mn -
8 Lamar Advertising 15.51 Bn 15.46 Bn 403.56 Mn 34.16%
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.46 Bn 13.86 Bn - -
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.85 Bn 5.81 Bn 202.10 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 48.66%
Dec 31, 2024 1,103.13%
Dec 31, 2023 498.10%
Dec 31, 2022 347.92%
Dec 31, 2021 31.56%
Dec 31, 2020 358.27%
Dec 31, 2019 232.69%
Dec 31, 2018 240.94%
Dec 31, 2017 185.60%
Dec 31, 2016 24.20%
Dec 31, 2015 25.82%
Dec 31, 2014 139.95%
Dec 31, 2013 30.73%
Dec 31, 2012 270.57%
Dec 31, 2011 386.38%
Dec 31, 2010 30.63%
Dec 31, 2009 25.75%