American Tower Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AMT)

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

American Tower declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 27th will be given a dividend of $0.95 per share on Thursday, October 17th. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. This is a boost from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower declared that its board has authorized a share buyback 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 usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.87 by $0.91. The real estate investment trust earned $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.83 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 19.30% and a return on equity of 24.75%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.74 earnings per share. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

American Tower will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

American Tower issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.32-8.32 for the period.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for American Tower's shares. Their forecasts range from $164.00 to $253.00. On average, they expect American Tower's stock price to reach $204.71 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for American Tower.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Tower in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

News articles about AMT stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for American Tower.

American Tower saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,870,000 shares, an increase of 14.5% from the August 30th total of 3,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,720,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View American Tower's Current Options Chain.

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American Tower's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.05%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and Bath Savings Trust Co (0.01%). Company insiders that own American Tower stock include Amit Sharma, Craig Macnab, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, Gustavo Lara, James D Taiclet Jr, James D Taiclet, Jr, Joann A Reed, Olivier Puech, Pamela D A Reeve, Raymond P Dolan, Robert D Hormats, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, Robert Joseph Meyer, Jr, Samme L Thompson, Steven C Marshall, Thomas A Bartlett 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., TIAA FSB, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Altfest L J & Co. Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd. Company insiders that have sold American Tower company stock in the last year include Amit Sharma, Craig Macnab, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, Gustavo Lara, James D Taiclet Jr, James D Taiclet, Jr, Joann A Reed, Olivier Puech, Pamela D A Reeve, Raymond P Dolan, Robert D Hormats, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, Robert Joseph Meyer, Jr, Samme L Thompson, Steven C Marshall, Thomas A Bartlett and William H Hess. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Tower.

AMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc., Hartwell J M Limited Partnership, Perpetual Ltd, First Hawaiian Bank, Cooper Financial Group, Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc, Pennsylvania Trust Co and Clarus Wealth Advisors. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $225.66.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $99.90 billion and generates $7.44 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.99 on an earnings per share basis. American Tower employs 5,026 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American Tower.

The official website for American Tower is http://www.americantower.com/.

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]