If You Invested $10,000 In Crown Castle Stock 10 Years Ago, How Much Would You Have Now?

Crown Castle CCI owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market.

It is set to report its Q4 2024 earnings on Feb. 28. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post EPS of $1.83, up from $1.82 in the year-ago period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $1.63 billion, down from $1.67 billion a year earlier.

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If You Bought Crown Castle Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $87.60 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 114 shares. Currently, shares trade at $87.96, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $10,041 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Crown Castle also paid dividends during these 10 years. 

Crown Castle's dividend yield is currently 6.97%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $48.58 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $5,546 from dividends alone. 

Summing up $10,041 and $5,546, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $15,587. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Crown Castle stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 55.87%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 230.27%.

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What Could The Next 10 Years Bring? 

Crown Castle has a consensus rating of "Neutral" and a price target of $122.04 based on the ratings of 27 analysts. The price target implies more than 38% potential upside from the current stock price.

On Oct. 16, the company announced its Q3 2024 earnings, posting AFFO of $1.84, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.78, and revenues of $1.65 billion, compared to the consensus of $1.63 billion, as reported by Benzinga.

"In the third quarter, we achieved solid operating and financial performance across our businesses and reaffirmed our full year 2024 Outlook for Adjusted EBITDA and AFFO," said CEO Steven Moskowitz. "Looking ahead, we continue to be optimistic about the long-term value creation opportunities in our tower, small cell, and fiber solutions offerings."

Check out this article by Benzinga for six analysts' insights on Crown Castle.

Given the expected upside potential of over 38%, growth-focused investors may find Crown Castle stock attractive. Furthermore, they can benefit from the company's solid dividend yield of 6.97%.

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