Crown Castle 4Q25 Quick Take: 2026 a transition year as CCI navigates SATS default and fiber sale
CCI (Neutral, PT $93) reported 4Q25 results that were largely ahead of our estimates and consensus. Following its previous disclosure that SATS has defaulted on its tower lease agreement payments, CCI shared organic growth guidance excluding these payments. Ahead of the close of its Small Cells and Fiber Segment in 1H26, we don’t see material upside as we wait for all the heavy lifting to take place. This said, at the end of the day, CCI will be THE pure play tower company in the US when the upper C-band deployments eventually takes place.Crown Castle International is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company owns, operates and leases shared communications infrastructure that is geographically dispersed throughout the U.S., including towers and other structures, such as rooftops (collectively, towers), and fiber primarily supporting small cell networks (small cells) and fiber solutions. The company's towers, fiber and small cells assets are collectively referred to herein as communications infrastructure. The company's core business is providing access, including space or capacity, to its shared communications infrastructure via long-term contracts in various forms, including lease, license, sublease and service agreements.
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