NYSE:AMT - American Tower Stock Price, Price Target & More

American Tower trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AMT."

American Tower announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 19th will be given a dividend of $0.77 per share on Friday, July 13th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 18th. This is a boost from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Friday, December 8th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.68 by $1.05. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.73 billion. American Tower had a return on equity of 17.03% and a net margin of 17.51%. American Tower's revenue was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.68 EPS. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for American Tower's stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $171.00. On average, they expect American Tower's share price to reach $160.1667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

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News headlines about AMT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Tower earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.29 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

American Tower's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.11%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.60%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.51%), Northern Trust Corp (1.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.21%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.81%). Company insiders that own American Tower stock include Amit Sharma, Carolyn Katz, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, James D Taiclet Jr, James D Taiclet, Jr, Joann A Reed, Pamela D A Reeve, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, Samme L Thompson, Steven C Marshall and William H Hess. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American Tower.

AMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Echo Street Capital Management LLC and Forsta AP Fonden. Company insiders that have sold American Tower company stock in the last year include Amit Sharma, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, James D Taiclet Jr, Joann A Reed, Pamela D A Reeve, Samme L Thompson, Steven C Marshall and William H Hess. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Tower.

AMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, Millennium Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Soma Equity Partners LP, Edgewood Management LLC and Centersquare Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Tower.

Shares of AMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.97.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $63.08 billion and generates $6.66 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.38 on an earnings per share basis. American Tower employs 4,752 workers across the globe.

American Tower's mailing address is 116 HUNTINGTON AVE, BOSTON MA, 02116. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 617-375-7500 or via email at [email protected]