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Operating Margin for Crown Castle (CCI)

As of · Reported

Metric
Profitability

TTM

48.0%

YoY change

+93.48pp

Trough year (2024)

-44.7%

Peak year (2025)

48.7%

Operating Margin history chart for Crown Castle (CCI) from 1997 to 2025

Latest: 48.7%

Operating Margin change chart for Crown Castle (CCI) from 1997 to 2025

Latest: +93.48pp

Operating Margin history table for Crown Castle (CCI) from 1997 to 2025

  • 202548.7%+93.48pp
  • 2024-44.7%-78.67pp
  • 202333.9%-0.78pp
  • 202234.7%+3.15pp
  • 202131.6%-0.34pp
  • 202031.9%+4.85pp
  • 201927.1%+1.30pp
  • 201825.8%+3.03pp
  • 201722.7%-1.48pp
  • 201624.2%-1.62pp
  • 201525.8%-0.76pp
  • 201426.6%-4.15pp
  • 201330.7%-3.58pp
  • 201234.3%+0.25pp
  • 201134.1%+3.43pp
  • 201030.6%+4.88pp
  • 200925.7%+6.59pp
  • 200819.2%+11.98pp
  • 20077.2%-8.22pp
  • 200615.4%+11.83pp
  • 20053.6%+8.08pp
  • 2004-4.5%+7.42pp
  • 2003-11.9%+9.22pp
  • 2002-21.1%-14.22pp
  • 2001-6.9%-7.71pp
  • 20000.8%-2.03pp
  • 19992.8%+2.92pp
  • 1998-0.1%+10.74pp
  • 1997-10.8%—

Operating Margin values are taken from Crown Castle's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Operating Margin at Crown Castle (CCI)

According to Crown Castle's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 48.0%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Crown Castle (CCI) operating margin is 48.75% – expanded 93.5 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual operating margin of 48.75% was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was -44.73% in 2024.

Crown Castle Operating Margin by Year

Crown Castle Operating Margin 2025: 48.7%

Crown Castle operating margin in 2025 was 48.75%, expanded 93.5 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Crown Castle Operating Margin 2024: -44.7%

2024's operating margin for Crown Castle came in at -44.73%, contracted 78.7 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.

Crown Castle Operating Margin 2023: 33.9%

Crown Castle posted operating margin of 33.93% in 2023, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2022.

Crown Castle Operating Margin 2022: 34.7%

In 2022, Crown Castle reported operating margin of 34.71%, expanded 3.2 percentage points from 2021.

Crown Castle Operating Margin 2021: 31.6%

Crown Castle operating margin in 2021 was 31.56%.

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