Crown Castle (CCI) Misses Q1 EPS by 11c

Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) reported Q1 EPS of $0.38, $0.11 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.49.

"In the first quarter, we delivered strong results that were in line with our expectations, positioning us to generate attractive growth in cash flows and dividends per share for full year 2020," stated Jay Brown, Crown Castle’s Chief Executive Officer. "Our business continues to perform well during this period of unprecedented uncertainty with COVID-19, and we are focused on taking the appropriate steps to deliver on our long-term annual dividend per share growth target of 7% to 8%. To this end, we have prioritized the health and safety of our workforce, while continuing to deliver critical infrastructure for our customers and the communities in which we operate. I'd like to thank our team for quickly adjusting to a new operating environment and prioritizing the needs of our customers. Although COVID-19 has the potential to create challenges in the near term, we remain confident our long-term contracted revenues will allow us to deliver value to shareholders through a high quality and growing dividend.

"We believe our ability to offer towers, small cells and fiber solutions, which are all integral components of communications networks and are shared among multiple tenants, provides us the best opportunity to generate significant growth while delivering high returns for our shareholders. We believe that the U.S. represents the best market in the world for communications infrastructure ownership, and we are pursuing that compelling opportunity with our comprehensive offering. As we look forward to what will likely be another decade-long investment cycle for our customers with the deployment of 5G, I am excited about the opportunity we see for Crown Castle to deliver long-term value to our shareholders."

GUIDANCE:

Crown Castle sees FY2020 revenue of $5.337-5.382 billion, versus the consensus of $5.99 billion.

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