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Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) Dec 2025 Filing Analysis
How durable is the business?
The services stream improved from 2024 to 2025, with revenue increasing $23 million and adjusted gross margin increasing $16 million. This was a favorable latest annual movement, although the later Q2 2026 baseline shows the stream subsequently declining 21% year over year. (1 expanding)
“Adjusted Services and Other Gross Margin was $107 million for 2025 and increased by $16 million from $91 million from 2024, which is a reflection of the volume and mix of services and other offerings.”
Long-term land control remained a durable moat. About 90% of tower gross margin came from towers on land owned or controlled for more than 10 years and about 80% from land controlled for more than 20 years. The later baseline reported similar control levels, with owned land increasing from approximately 40% to 45% of tower gross margin. (1 expanding)
“Approximately 90% of our towers Adjusted Site Rental Gross Margin... was derived from towers located on land that we own or control for greater than 10... years... land owned... represented approximately 40%.”
The continuing business remained geographically concentrated in the United States, including Puerto Rico. No material geographic shift was disclosed between the annual filing and the later baseline. (2 stable)
“Virtually all of our towers operations are located in the U.S... references to 'U.S.' are to the United States of America and Puerto Rico, collectively.”
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