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Crown Castle (Crown Castle) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.53 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Crown Castle Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Crown Castle's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-320.00 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $599.00 Mil.

Hence, Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.53.


Crown Castle Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Crown Castle Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Crown Castle Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.76 0.53 0.45 0.46 0.46

Crown Castle Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.56 0.34 0.65 0.41 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Crown Castle Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-1424) / 3126
=0.46

Crown Castle's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-320) / 599
=0.53

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Crown Castle  (NYSE:CCI) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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Crown Castle (Crown Castle) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8020 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX, USA, 77024-1908
Crown Castle International owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers in the United States. It also owns more than 85,000 route miles of fiber. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company's fiber is primarily leased by wireless service providers to set up small-cell network infrastructure and by enterprises for their internal connection needs. Crown Castle's towers and fiber are predominantly located in the largest U.S. cities. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 70% of its revenue coming from the big three U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust.
Executives
Robert Sean Collins officer: Vice President and Controller 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Maria M Pope director C/O PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., 121 SW SALMON ST, PORTLAND OR 97204
Kevin T Kabat director UNUM GROUP, 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, CHATTANOOGA TN 37402
Kevin A Stephens director 1220 AUGUSTA DRIVE, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77057
Laura B Nichol officer: EVP - Business Support 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Christopher Levendos officer: EVP & COO - Fiber 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Adams Edward B Jr officer: EVP and General Counsel 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Matthew Iii Thornton director 3610 HACKS CROSS ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Michael Joseph Kavanagh officer: SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Catherine Piche officer: EVP & COO-Towers 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
Daniel K Schlanger officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
J Landis Martin director TIMET CORP, 1999 BROADWAY SUITE 4300, DENVER CO 80202
Kenneth Jay Simon officer: SVP and General Counsel 8020 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77024
James D Young officer: SVP & Chief Operating Officer 510 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77057
Tammy Jones director MONOGRAM RESIDENTIAL TRUST,INC., 5800 GRANITE PARKWAY, SUITE 1000, PLANO TX 75024