Crown Castle (FRA:8CW) Risk Assessment

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FRA:8CW Crown Castle Inc FRA:8CW
62 GF Score
Price €65.00
GF Value €79.14
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 6 Warning Signs
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What is Crown Castle Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Crown Castle is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

Crown Castle  (FRA:8CW) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Crown Castle Risk Assessment Related Terms

FRA:8CW vs IRM, SBAC, WY: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Crown Castle's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Crown Castle Risk Assessment vs REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Crown Castle's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Crown Castle's Risk Assessment falls into.


FRA:8CW
62GF Score
Crown Castle Inc FRA:8CW
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Is Crown Castle (FRA:8CW) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Crown Castle stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €65.00 is trading 17.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of €79.14. GuruFocus considers Crown Castle to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for FRA:8CW:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: €79.14 vs. price of €65.00 (17.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 62/100 with 6 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:8CW stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Crown Castle Business Description

Industry Real EstateREITs
Address 8020 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX, USA, 77024-1908
Crown Castle owns or manages roughly 40,000 wireless towers in the United States. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment to support their wireless networks. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with about 90% of its revenue from the Big Three US mobile carriers: Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Crown Castle has plans to divest its fiber business, which is expected to be finalized in the first half of 2026. After that, it will be a stand-alone tower operator. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust.
62GF Score

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€65.00
Price
€79.14
GF Value