Growth Metrics

Crown Castle (CCI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Crown Castle's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.08% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.08%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.08%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.08% at Crown Castle, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.35% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.05% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.08% (2023), against an average of 0.09%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed increased 23bps in 2022 before it decreased -26bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.05% in 2021, then rose by 24bps to 0.07% in 2022, then increased by 13bps to 0.08% in 2023, then decreased by -16bps to 0.06% in 2024, then rose by 20bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CCI's Return on Capital Employed are 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).