Crown Castle International Corp vs Hormel Foods Corp — how do they compare? Crown Castle International Corp trades at $73.8 (market cap $31.33B), while Hormel Foods Corp trades at $24.36 (market cap $13.37B). The key difference: Crown Castle International Corp is far larger — about 2.3× Hormel Foods Corp's market cap, and Crown Castle International Corp pays the higher dividend (5.77%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CCI | HRL | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $31.33B | $13.37B |
Sector | Real Estate | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $103.79 | $29.25 |
52-Week Low | $73.61 | $19.74 |
Enterprise Value | $53.69B | $15.37B |
Dividend Yield | 5.77% | 4.81% |
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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 →Hormel Foods is a protein-focused branded food company. Its brands include its namesake Hormel, Spam, Jennie-O, Dinty Moore, Applegate, Wholly Guacamole, and Skippy. The vast majority of the company's revenue is U.S.-based: 64% U.S. retail, 28% U.S. food service, and 8% international. By product type, in fiscal 2021, 23% of revenue was shelf-stable foods, 18% was poultry (branded and commodity), 55% was other perishable food, and 3% was other, primarily nutritional products. The company holds the number-one market position in shelf-stable meat, shelf-stable ready meals, pepperoni, natural/organic deli meat, and guacamole and the number-two position in turkey, bacon, chilled ready meals, and peanut butter.
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