Crown Castle said on March 13, 2025 it signed a definitive agreement to sell its small cells and fiber solutions business to Zayo and EQT, with the company to receive $8.5 billion in aggregate cash proceeds, subject to certain closing adjustments. The closing is expected in the first half of 2026.

10-QQuarterly reportFiled May 9, 2025Period of report Mar 31, 2025Summary published (UTC) Oct 10, 2026

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Crown Castle said on March 13, 2025 it signed a definitive agreement to sell its small cells and fiber solutions business to Zayo and EQT, with the company to receive $8.5 billion in aggregate cash proceeds, subject to certain closing adjustments. The closing is expected in the first half of 2026.
The company said the Fiber Business represents a material strategic shift and has been classified as discontinued operations with prior periods recast to reflect this change. Upon classification as held for sale in Q1 2025, the company recognized a loss of $830 million, inclusive of estimated transaction fees. Net loss for Q1 2025 was $(464) million.
Crown Castle said site rental revenues for Q1 2025 were $1.0 billion and Adjusted Site Rental Gross Margin was $776 million, compared to $1.1 billion and $829 million, respectively, in the prior-year period, decreases of $57 million and $53 million. The company cited higher towers non-renewals resulting from Sprint Cancellations and a decrease in prepaid rent amortization as the primary factors.
Crown Castle said it expects liquidity uses over the next 12 months to exceed cash generated by operating activities, with debt obligations of $3.2 billion included, but that its liquidity sources should be sufficient to cover expected uses. The company also said that upon closing of the Strategic Fiber Transaction, it plans to use a portion of the sale proceeds to repay existing indebtedness and fund anticipated share repurchases.

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Quarter ended March 31, 2025

Revenue: $1.1B
Operating income: $521M
Net income: −$464M
EPS: −$1.07
Operating cash flow: $641M

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Strategic Fiber Agreement and $8.5 billion sale

Crown Castle said on March 13, 2025 it signed a definitive agreement to sell its small cells and fiber solutions business to Zayo and EQT, with the company to receive $8.5 billion in aggregate cash proceeds, subject to certain closing adjustments. The closing is expected in the first half of 2026.

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Fiber Business classification as discontinued operations and $830 million loss

The company said the Fiber Business represents a material strategic shift and has been classified as discontinued operations with prior periods recast to reflect this change. Upon classification as held for sale in Q1 2025, the company recognized a loss of $830 million, inclusive of estimated transaction fees. Net loss for Q1 2025 was $(464) million.

Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing

Q1 2025 site rental revenues and margin

Crown Castle said site rental revenues for Q1 2025 were $1.0 billion and Adjusted Site Rental Gross Margin was $776 million, compared to $1.1 billion and $829 million, respectively, in the prior-year period, decreases of $57 million and $53 million. The company cited higher towers non-renewals resulting from Sprint Cancellations and a decrease in prepaid rent amortization as the primary factors.

Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing

Liquidity uses over the next 12 months and use of Fiber sale proceeds

Crown Castle said it expects liquidity uses over the next 12 months to exceed cash generated by operating activities, with debt obligations of $3.2 billion included, but that its liquidity sources should be sufficient to cover expected uses. The company also said that upon closing of the Strategic Fiber Transaction, it plans to use a portion of the sale proceeds to repay existing indebtedness and fund anticipated share repurchases.

Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing

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