Crown Castle Inc. · CCI · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 12, 2026
$89.72 +0.74% on the day, +$0.66
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Yearly payout / yield
$4.25·4.74%
$1.063 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$1.063/qtr
pays ~Dec 18 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Dec 15est.
own by Dec 14 ⓘ
Years without a cut
0 yrs
cut in 2025 (-32.1%) ⓘ
Recession record
2020raised2022raised
raised through both ⓘ
Yield vs history ⓘ
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by the 2025 cut
CCI share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
CCI Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y 0.0%3Y -12.1%5Y -4.4%10Y +1.8%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 51 payments since 2014.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (1 estimated from the current $1.063 rate), not a promise.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: 0% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. Today's $4.25 a year would stay $4.25 by 2031 - 4.74% on today's $89.72 price.

How Many CCI Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $4.25 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 1,412 CCI shares, about $126,685 at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $89.72. $1,000 a month takes about 2,823 shares, about $253,280. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Crown Castle (CCI) pays $1.063 a share quarterly, $4.25 a year, a 4.74% run-rate yield at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $89.72. It has made 51 dividend payments since 2014.

At today’s rate of $1.063 quarterly and the last close of $89.72, this is what CCI pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$1.063$0.35$4.25
100 shares$106.30$35.43$425.20
$10,000 invested (111.5 shares)$118.48$39.49$473.92
1,412 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.96$500.32$6,003.82
2,823 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.85$1,000.28$12,003.40

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 CCI shares reinvest into 1.18 new shares each payment, about 4.8 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 85 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with CCI’s own history in the CCI DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (cash flow): does cash from the business cover the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history

CCI Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

Reset by the 2025 cut
  • CCI yields 4.74% today, at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $89.72.
  • A cut in 2025 skews its yield history. So there is no usual level to compare today’s yield with yet.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
2.82% low7.01% high
Blue mark = today. A higher yield means a lower price against the payout.

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is CCI’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After September 2026

CCI has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 15, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $1.063 a share, went ex on Sep 15, 2026 and paid Sep 17, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 3, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does CCI Pay?

CCI pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$4.25 a share, in 4 payments.
-19.1% against the 12 months before ($5.26 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. Ex-dates fall in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last change: cut Jun 13, 2025 - $1.565 to $1.063 (-32.08%)
  • Last raise: Dec 14, 2022 - $1.47 to $1.565 (+$0.095, +6.46%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.13 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • FFO payout (approx.): 119.6% - $4.25 paid / $3.56 FFO per share (net income + depreciation & amortization, 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026)
  • Cash-flow payout: 70.7% - $4.25 paid / $6.01 operating cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 89.7% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • GAAP EPS payout (context): 223.8% - $4.25 paid / $1.90 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 208.8% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
REITs pay from funds from operations; GAAP EPS understates coverage.

CCI vs Similar Dividend Stocks (IRM, EXR...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Real Estate companies closest to CCI in market value, CCI’s 4.74% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 3.47%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 10th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
CCI $89.72Crown Castle $1.063/qtr$4.25/yr fwd 4.74% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 0 yrsno raise streak
IRM $114.57Iron Mountain $0.864/qtr$3.46/yr fwd 3.02% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in both2020 held2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 15+ yrsraised 3 yrs in a row
EXR $158.21Extra Space Storage $1.62/qtr$6.48/yr fwd 4.10% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20092008 stopped2020 raised2022 heldno 2000 record 2 yrsno raise streak
VTR $89.66Ventas $0.52/qtr$2.08/yr fwd 2.32% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20202008 raised2020 cut2022 heldno 2000 record 5 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
VICI $24.82VICI Properties $0.46/qtr$1.84/yr fwd 7.41% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 7+ yrsraised 7+ yrs in a row
O $59.26Realty Income $0.272/mo$3.26/yr fwd 5.51% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 30+ yrsraised 30 yrs in a row
SBAC $186.54SBA Communications $1.25/qtr$5.00/yr fwd 2.68% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 5+ yrsraised 5 yrs in a row
BEKE $17.96KE Holdings $0.276/yr 1.54% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsraised 2+ yrs in a row
ESS $271.94Essex Property Trust $2.59/qtr$10.36/yr fwd 3.81% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 29+ yrsraised 29 yrs in a row
HST $25.53Host Hotels & Resorts $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 3.13% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20202000 stopped2008 varied2020 stoppedno 2022 record 4 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
KIM $25.46Kimco Realty $0.28/qtr$1.12/yr fwd 4.40% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20202000 raised2008 cut2020 cut2022 raised 5 yrsraised 2 yrs in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: CCI vs IRM, CCI vs EXR, CCI vs VTR.

CCI Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2014

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Sep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026$1.063QuarterlyRegular
Jun 15, 2026Jun 17, 2026$1.063QuarterlyRegular
Mar 13, 2026Mar 16, 2026$1.063QuarterlyRegular
Dec 15, 2025Dec 17, 2025$1.063QuarterlyRegular
Sep 15, 2025Sep 17, 2025$1.063QuarterlyRegular
Jun 13, 2025Jun 16, 2025$1.063QuarterlyRegular
Mar 14, 2025Mar 17, 2025$1.565QuarterlyRegular
Dec 13, 2024Dec 16, 2024$1.565QuarterlyRegular
Sep 13, 2024Sep 16, 2024$1.565QuarterlyRegular
Jun 14, 2024Jun 17, 2024$1.565QuarterlyRegular
The other 41 CCI payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for CCI

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CCI Dividend Questions

How often does CCI pay dividends?

CCI pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does CCI pay dividends monthly?

No. CCI pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next CCI dividend?

CCI has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 15, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $1.063 a share, went ex on Sep 15, 2026 and paid Sep 17, 2026. The current rate is $1.063 per share, $4.25 a year.

Does CCI pay a dividend in December 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Dec 15, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026, so a payment in December 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does CCI pay per share?

CCI pays $1.063 a share quarterly, $4.25 a year. At the Nov 12, 2026 close of $89.72 that is a 4.74% run-rate yield.

Has CCI raised its dividend?

CCI has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Dec 14, 2022, took the rate from $1.47 to $1.565 (+6.46%). Since then the rate was cut on Jun 13, 2025, from $1.565 to $1.063. Over five years the dividend grew -4.4% a year.

Is CCI’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. CCI paid out 71% of its cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2020 and 2022 crashes. There is no 2000 or 2008 record on file. This is data, not investment advice. The full 11-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my CCI dividends?

Add CCI to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run CCI in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 12, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 11 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.