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Crown Castle (Crown Castle) Interest Expense

: $-821 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Crown Castle's interest expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $ -216 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-821 Mil.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income(EBIT) by its Interest Expense. Crown Castle's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $ 604 Mil. Crown Castle's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $ -216 Mil. Crown Castle's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.80. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Crown Castle Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Crown Castle's Interest Expense 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Expense
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -662.00 -666.00 -632.00 -673.00 -821.00

Crown Castle Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Expense 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -186.00 -195.00 -201.00 -209.00 -216.00

Crown Castle Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-821 Mil.

* 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) Interest Expense Explanation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense. The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Crown Castle's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-216 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $604 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $27,647 Mil.

Crown Castle's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*604/-216
=2.80

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Crown Castle Inc interest coverage is 3.03, which is low.


Crown Castle (Crown Castle) Business Description

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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