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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Crown Castle (CCI)

Crown Castle Q3 revenue falls 5% and net income 12%; raises 2026 AFFO outlook

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings

Crown Castle reported third quarter 2026 site rental revenues of $966 million, down 5% from a year earlier, and net income of $283 million, down 12%. The company raised the midpoint of its full year 2026 AFFO outlook by $5 million and Adjusted EBITDA outlook by $25 million, while AFFO rose 8% in the quarter.

Key points

  • Q3 2026 site rental revenues were $966 million, down from $1,012 million in Q3 2025; diluted EPS was $0.67 versus $0.74
  • Q3 2026 AFFO was $530 million, up 8%, or $1.24 per share, up 11%
  • Full year 2026 AFFO outlook midpoint raised $5 million to a range of $1,955 million to $2,005 million
  • Full year 2026 Adjusted EBITDA outlook raised to $2,690 million to $2,740 million; site rental revenues midpoint raised $20 million

The filing

CompanyCrown Castle (CCI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 21, 2026, 4:17 PM ET
Accession number0001051470-26-000085

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 7, 2026, 11:17 PM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only.

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