Crown Castle Stock Jumps as SpaceX Eyes 80,000 Cell Sites for Wireless Network: ‘We’re Talking to All Parties’

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE:CCI)/a> shares are trending on Friday.

Shares of the Texas-based shared communications infrastructure provider climbed 9.46% to $86.29 in after-hours trading on Thursday, following the report that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX)/a> is in talks to lease cell tower sites.

SpaceX Seeks 80,000 US Cell Sites

According to a Thursday Bloomberg report, SpaceX aims to secure at least 80,000 U.S. cell sites. The report said Crown Castle is one of the companies in discussions with SpaceX. The deals could be worth billions.

On Wednesday’s earnings call, CEO Chris Hillabrant was asked about talks with SpaceX or Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)/a>. "You can assume that we’re talking to all parties," he said, declining to share customer details.

Stocks Drop on Competition Fears

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Mixed Q3 Results

Crown Castle reported mixed third-quarter results on Wednesday. Revenue for the quarter came in at $995 million, missing the analyst estimate of $1.01 billion by 1.64%.

Earnings per share was $1.24, which beat the expected $1.16 by 6.90%.

It also raised its full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA outlook midpoint to $2.715 billion, up $25 million from its prior guidance.

Trading Metrics, Technical Analysis

Crown Castle has a market capitalization of $33.54 billion, a 52-week high of $100.50 and a 52-week low of $65.32.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) of CCI stands at 59.67.

The large-cap stock has fallen 19.31% over the past 12 months.

Price Action: On Thursday, CCI closed at $78.83, up 0.23%, according to Benzinga Pro data./p> div class="benzinga-widget" id="bz-embed-widget-block_9dcaf5136c99da606f2d5f71a9538b37"> iframe frameborder="0" height="563" class="w-full" src="https://widgets.benzinga.com/embed/stock-insights/edge-rankings?symbol=CCI" loading="lazy" >/iframe> /div> div class="bz-see-more-ranking-block" data-ranking="value" data-theme="light" data-variant="basic" >

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