Crown Castle International (CCI) Buy, Sell or…

Crown Castle International (CCI)

67.10

-0.74 (1.09%)

as of Sep 28, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Open.

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BUY

A totally US cell tower REIT, unlike AMT. They paused their dividend for a year to build its network in dense areas, and has now slashed its capital spending. The last quarter disappointed. Pays a 2.8% dividend, more than AMT, though CCI's stock performance lags AMT.

BUY

Activist investor Elliott Management got involved with CCI last year. CCI shrugged off EM's proposed changes, but CCI appears to have taken their advice by making changes in the board suite, improving operations, raised dividend, added a new executive and building fiber in small-cell sites that provide more coverage in densely populated areas. CCI is up 8% in the last 6 months, so things have worked out for CCI, because EM's ideas contributed.

BUY

As a 5G play A great growth opportunity in 5G, especially in millimetre-wave 5G, a frequency that allows very high internet speeds, which is hard to build out because of interference issues. For this, you need towers to host the equipment and small cells (many towers in dense urban areas). CCI is in a great spot, because they have the tower as well as small-cell business. Recently, CCI reported a strong quarter and raised their guidance. CCI is at the start of a long capex cycle for 5G and will benefit deeply.

RISKY

In the EV space, CCX is less risky than Tesla. CC is a SPAC partnering with Lucid Motors and together they could be the next Tesla. CCX imploded last night, but it's now an opportunity.

RISKY

He likes the CEO, and considers this a decent spec stock.

BUY

An essential 5G play This REIT holds cell towers. CC has spent many years and billion dollars to build the 5G network in densely populated areas. This bet hasn't paid off yet, so the stock has been a dog, but this could change overnight with the rollout of 5G. Pays a 3.4% yield, so it's attracted income investors.

BUY

Owns cell towers. With 5G coming, great opportunities to build a lot of sites. Like a utility. Expensive, because of the incredible growth. Could be volatile. A good buy and hold for 5 years.

BUY

One of the largest US REITs. It's focused on towers and infrastructure, so enjoys limited competition, a great space to be in. We're seeing churn in tenants in this business and the 5G roll-out holds great promise. This has long underperformed, but you're in a good spot owning this now. There has been activism with this stock, though. It's caught up in the current rotation away from the Covid stocks into recovery, so wait for this and expect weakness.

TOP PICK

A great US stock to play 5G. They operate cell towers which will hugely benefit from the build-out of the 5G network in coming years. The small-cell benefit will benefit with 5G, which has more issues with intereference. Also, 5G wavelengths don't travel as far as with LTE networks and will be interfered by urban highrises. Small cells though can overcome this. CCI are building these small-cell towers. CCI trades at a discount to its peers.

HOLD

Failed to deliver blow-out numbers yesterday, but it will be fine long term.

BUY

BCX vs. CCI BCX is one of his biggest holdings and fully believes in it. They suffered because their medical devices are non-essential, but they will recover nicely in time. Crown Castle is very different, a real estate play for cell phone towers, which will see strong growth, but the PE is very high given this expected growth. There's little risk though. You can buy both stocks.

BUY

They own it and would consider adding more. It is a 5G play. They are making changes to governance right now.

COMMENT

CCI vs AMT? He owns both. They are both tower businesses operating in the US. CCI also has a small cell business -- mini towers in urban centres. 5G will require these small cell towers and this gives more leverage to 5G. However, AMT has more diversification as they have a larger global footprint. Sometimes CCI overstates reporting results, which although not a concern at this time, it does make AMT a little easier to follow. At current valuations, CCI is better value and better positioned for the 5G roll out.

BUY

A tower operator in the US with a small cell business and a fibre business. It is a robust business going forward. With 5G you have to put more equipment on the towers and you have to have more mini-towers. They give you the small cell angle as well as the tower angle.

HOLD

AMT vs CCI? AMT has been a gift that keeps on giving. In the REIT space, it has great dividend growth. 5G is coming down the pipe and they are well positioned. Tactically, there may be some re-allocation going on that may cause some pull back. CCI is similar and both offer dividend growth.

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