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Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information and Holders

Our common stock is listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol "CCI."

As of February 19, 2026, there were approximately 509 holders of record of our common stock.

Dividend Policy

We operate as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. To remain qualified and be taxed as a REIT, we are generally required to annually distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income after the utilization of any available NOLs (determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding net capital gain).

We have updated our capital allocation framework to focus more on free cash flow generation and financial flexibility, which primarily drove our decision to reduce our dividend in the second quarter of 2025. As we grow cash flows, we expect to increase our dividend per share. Whether dividends are to be declared and the amount and timing thereof remain subject to the discretion of our board of directors, based on then-current or anticipated future conditions, including our earnings, net cash generated by operating activities, capital requirements, financial condition, our relative market capitalization, our existing NOLs, or other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. In addition, our ability to pay dividends is limited under certain circumstances by the terms of our debt instruments. See also "Item 1. Business—Overview," "Item 1. Business—REIT Status," "Item 1A. Risk Factors," "Item 7. MD&A—General Overview—Common Stock Dividend," "Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing Activities—Common Stock" and notes 10 and 11 to our consolidated financial statements.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities

There were no sales of of unregistered equity securities for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025.

2024 At-the-Market Stock Offering Program

As of February 19, 2026, we had $750 million of gross sales of common stock availability remaining on our 2024 ATM Program. See "Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources" and note 11 to our consolidated financial statements.

Performance Graph

The following performance graph is a comparison of the five-year cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Market Index and the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index for the period commencing December 31, 2020 and ending December 31, 2025. The performance graph assumes an initial investment of $100.00 and the reinvestment of all dividends in our common stock and in each of the indices. The performance graph and related text are based on historical data and are not necessarily indicative of future performance.

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Years Ended December 31,
Company/Market/Index202020212022202320242025
Crown Castle Inc.$100.00$135.08$91.08$81.75$68.35$70.38
S&P 500 Market Index100.00128.71105.40133.10166.40196.16
FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index100.00141.30106.05118.09123.90126.71

The performance graph above and related text are being furnished solely to accompany this 2025 Form 10-K pursuant to Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of ours, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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