Crown Castle: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Barchart · 1d ago

HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter. The results topped Wall Street expectations.

The Houston-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $530 million, or $1.24 per share, in the period.

The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of $1.20 per share.

Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.

The company said it had net income of $283 million, or 67 cents per share.

The operator of wireless communications towers, based in Houston, posted revenue of $995 million in the period, missing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.01 billion.

Crown Castle expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $4.54 to $4.66 per share.

_____

This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CCI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CCI