Don't Judge Crown Castle on Technicals Alone - Check Its Fundamentals!

By Scott Lee • Saturday, December 02 14:20 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Real Estate company Crown Castle has moved 1.1% so far today on a volume of 4,627,349, compared to its average of 3,654,201. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 1.0%.

Crown Castle trades 14.97% away from its average analyst target price of $103.13 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $90.0 to $130.0, and on average have given Crown Castle a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying CCI should be aware of the facts below:

Crown Castle has moved -13.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.58, Crown Castle has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.1 while the S&P 500 average is None
CCI has a forward P/E ratio of 41.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.88 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -3.44 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Crown Castle is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 7.72 compared to its sector average of None
Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 85,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S.
Based in Houston, the company has 5,000 full time employees and a market cap of $51.42 Billion. Crown Castle currently returns an annual dividend yield of 5.3%.

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