Who owns Crown Castle?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 99.2% of Crown Castle's shares, through 973 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (10.1%), Cohen & Steers, Inc. (9.0%), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (8.8%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 99.2%
- Institutional holders
- 973
- The 10 largest hold
- 54.2%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.9%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 43,921,220 | 10.14% | 3.33B USD | -3,034,060 |
| 2 | Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 39,084,710 | 9.03% | 2.96B USD | -1,279,647 |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 37,896,257 | 8.75% | 2.87B USD | +602,990 |
| 4 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 28,507,917 | 6.58% | 2.16B USD | +177,951 |
| 5 | State Street Corp | 23,023,394 | 5.28% | 1.74B USD | +211,633 |
| 6 | Wellington Management Group LLP | 17,325,403 | 4.00% | 1.31B USD | -1,453,757 |
| 7 | Lazard Asset Management LLC | 15,099,726 | 3.49% | 1.14B USD | +1,636,544 |
| 8 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 13,605,224 | 3.14% | 1.03B USD | +242,147 |
| 9 | Morgan Stanley | 9,829,936 | 2.27% | 744.42M USD | +89,231 |
| 10 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 6,373,473 | 1.47% | 482.71M USD | +47,726 |
| 11 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 6,333,284 | 1.46% | 479.62M USD | +383,375 |
| 12 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 6,333,284 | 1.46% | 479.62M USD | New position |
| 13 | Legal & General Group PLC | 6,033,243 | 1.39% | 456.90M USD | +333,003 |
| 14 | Norges Bank | 5,830,200 | 1.35% | 441.52M USD | New position |
| 15 | Deutsche Bank Ag\ | 5,669,365 | 1.31% | 429.34M USD | -1,137,601 |
| 16 | Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 4,705,219 | 1.09% | 356.33M USD | +320,027 |
| 17 | Bank Of America Corp | 4,605,558 | 1.06% | 348.78M USD | -271,693 |
| 18 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 4,393,795 | 1.01% | 332.74M USD | +171,787 |
| 19 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 4,355,264 | 1.01% | 342.45M USD | +1,980,548 |
| 20 | Invesco Ltd. | 4,143,626 | 0.96% | 313.80M USD | +47,973 |
| 21 | Northern Trust Corp | 3,926,379 | 0.91% | 297.34M USD | +19,595 |
| 22 | UBS AM | 3,872,994 | 0.89% | 293.30M USD | +3,852,282 |
| 23 | Barclays PLC | 3,824,655 | 0.88% | 289.64M USD | +1,681,552 |
| 24 | Fil Ltd | 3,576,605 | 0.83% | 270.86M USD | +257,091 |
| 25 | Principal Financial Group Inc | 3,218,165 | 0.74% | 243.71M USD | -497,910 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 549 · 104 new
- Sold or cut
- 512 · 119 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +9.59M · 726.25M USD
- Institutional ownership
- 96.3% → 99.2%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Norges BankNew position
- UBS AM+3,852,282
- JPMorgan Chase & Co+1,980,548
- Mitsubishi Ufj Trust & Banking Corp+1,687,629
Biggest sellers last quarter
- Fisher Asset Management, LLC-5,163,054
- BlackRock, Inc.-3,034,060
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board-1,561,261
- Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The-1,532,742
- Price T Rowe Associates Inc-1,467,308
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about Crown Castle's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings
