CCI
Crown Castle Inc.
$75.62
Real Estate Investment Trust
85%
P/FFO × Specialty REIT Multiple
Mild
·
Conviction
Overvalued
Trading 8.0% above fair value
You pay
$75.62
Bear
$57.04
Fair
$70.00
Bull
$82.97
Bear
$57.04
-24.6%
$2.59 FFO × 22x
Fair
$70.00
-7.4%
$2.59 FFO × 27x
Bull
$82.97
+9.7%
$2.59 FFO × 32x
Adjust Assumptions
27.0x
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Key Value Driver
FFO/share ($2.59) × specialty P/FFO multiple
Implied Market Multiple
29.2x
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above.
Average Target (47 analysts)
$89.50
Divergence from AlphaVal
22%
Summary
At $2.59 FFO/share with a 27x specialty REIT multiple, the base-case value is $70.00 per share. Dividend yield: 5.6%. DDM cross-check: $79.20.
Warnings
Standard profit figures are misleading for real estate companies — large non-cash accounting charges make profits look artificially low. Dividend yield and funds from operations are better measures.
Dividend yield of 5.6% is unusually high — make sure the company generates enough cash to keep paying it.
Key Risks
- P/E and EV/EBITDA are structurally wrong for REITs — use P/FFO and NAV
- Interest rate sensitivity: REIT multiples compress when rates rise
- FFO approximation (NI + D&A) may include gains on property sales — verify