Crown Castle International Corp vs Nasdaq Inc — how do they compare? Crown Castle International Corp trades at $73.8 (market cap $31.33B), while Nasdaq Inc trades at $94.78 (market cap $53.11B). The key difference: Nasdaq Inc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Crown Castle International Corp pays the higher dividend (5.77%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CCI | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $31.33B | $53.11B |
Sector | Real Estate | Financials |
52-Week High | $103.79 | $100.98 |
52-Week Low | $73.61 | $76.85 |
Enterprise Value | $53.69B | $59.57B |
Dividend Yield | 5.77% | 1.22% |
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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 →Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
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