Crown Castle International Corp vs CVS Health Corp — how do they compare? Crown Castle International Corp trades at $79.05 (market cap $34.85B), while CVS Health Corp trades at $106.03 (market cap $135.12B). The key difference: CVS Health Corp is far larger — about 3.9× Crown Castle International Corp's market cap, and Crown Castle International Corp pays the higher dividend (5.32%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CCI | CVS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $34.85B | $135.12B |
Sector | Real Estate | Health |
52-Week High | $113.91 | $106.18 |
52-Week Low | $74.92 | $58.75 |
Enterprise Value | $64.67B | $201.66B |
Dividend Yield | 5.32% | 2.51% |
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Crown Castle International owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers in the United States. It also owns more than 85,000 route miles of fiber. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company's fiber is primarily leased by wireless service providers to set up small-cell network infrastructure and by enterprises for their internal connection needs. Crown Castle's towers and fiber are predominantly located in the largest U.S. cities. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 70% of its revenue coming from the big three U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust.
Read more on CCI →Following its acquisition of Aetna in late 2018, CVS Health now provides an even more integrated healthcare-services offering for its members. Legacy CVS combined both the largest pharmacy benefit manager, processing over 2 billion adjusted claims annually, and a sizable pharmacy operation, including nearly 10,000 retail pharmacy locations primarily in the U.S. Adding a managed-care organization with 24 million medical members gives the company a strong position in the insurance industry and should help CVS better control overall healthcare costs for its clients.
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