Who owns Crown Castle (CCI)?
132 holders named in SEC filings declare between 65.8% and 94.8% of Crown Castle's shares outstanding, as of Jun 30, 2026. The largest are Vanguard (16.7%), BlackRock (10.3%) and Cohen & Steers, Inc. (9.2%); the five largest hold 45.7% together. Another 800 institutions hold small positions worth 4.6%. At least 0.59% of the shares appear in no ownership filing: investors who do not have to report, mostly individuals. From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, institutions that filed both quarters bought 6.6% and sold 7.6% of the shares, a net sale of 0.99%; 80 opened a position, 326 added, 383 reduced and 100 sold out. Biggest buyers: UBS (+2.5M shares) and JPMorgan (+2.0M shares). Biggest sellers: Fisher Asset Management, LLC (-5.2M) and BlackRock (-3.0M). Over time, 928 managers declared Crown Castle in their 13F for Q2 2026, against 1,006 for Q4 2019: together at most 96.9% of the shares outstanding, against 88.0%.
| Holder | Filing | Share of capital | As of | Holding since (13F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 13F | 16.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| BlackRock | 13F | 10.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 13F | 9.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| State Street | 13F | 5.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Wellington | 13F | 4.1% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | 13F | 3.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Geode Capital | 13F | 3.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Morgan Stanley | 13F | 2.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| UBS | 13F | 1.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Dimensional | 13F | 1.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Charles Schwab | 13F | 1.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Legal & General | 13F | 1.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Norges Bank | 13F | 1.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Deutsche Bank | 13F | 1.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 13F | 1.1% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Bank of America | 13F | 1.1% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 13F | 1.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| JPMorgan | 13F | 1.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Invesco | 13F | 0.97% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Northern Trust | 13F | 0.92% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Barclays | 13F | 0.90% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| FIL Ltd | 13F | 0.84% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2022 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 13F | 0.76% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Citadel | 13F | 0.72% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2024 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | 13F | 0.69% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
Crown Castle institutional ownership over time
| Quarter | 13F managers | Share of the company (upper bound) | Value declared | Held by stock pickers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | 1,006 | 88.0% | $53.9B | 57.7% |
| Q4 2020 | 1,161 | 88.9% | $61.0B | 57.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 1,341 | 90.9% | $81.9B | 54.8% |
| Q4 2022 | 1,297 | 90.9% | $53.4B | 51.4% |
| Q4 2023 | 1,224 | 90.9% | $45.4B | 53.3% |
| Q4 2024 | 1,110 | 93.2% | $36.7B | 50.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 1,019 | 97.3% | $37.7B | 50.3% |
| Q2 2026 | 928 | 96.9% | $32.0B | 49.9% |
From SEC Form 13F, every quarter since the end of 2019, read like the current quarter: entities of a house summed, a value contradicting its share count set aside. The share of the company is an upper bound — two managers can declare the same shares — over the shares outstanding at that date.