NYSE:AMT - American Tower Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Tower's stock was trading at $232.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMT shares have decreased by 6.2% and is now trading at $218.48. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Tower in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for American Tower.

American Tower is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 1st 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Tower.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.86 by $0.60. The real estate investment trust earned $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.93 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 24.90% and a return on equity of 32.51%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.62 earnings per share. View American Tower's earnings history.

American Tower declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.08 per share on Wednesday, April 29th. This represents a $4.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 13th. This is a boost from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $1.01. View American Tower's dividend history.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for American Tower's stock. Their forecasts range from $196.00 to $280.00. On average, they anticipate American Tower's stock price to reach $237.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Tower.

Press coverage about AMT stock has been trending negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press 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 negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutAmerican Tower.

American Tower saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 4,072,500 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the February 27th total of 3,760,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,810,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View American Tower's Current Options Chain.

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

American Tower's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.49%), FMR LLC (4.17%), Capital World Investors (2.50%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.04%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%) and Capital International Investors (1.33%). 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, Steven O Vondran, 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 Jennison Associates LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Capital World Investors, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold American Tower company stock in the last year include Amit Sharma, Craig Macnab, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, James D Taiclet Jr, James D Taiclet, Jr, Olivier Puech, Pamela D A Reeve, Robert D Hormats, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, Robert Joseph Meyer, Jr, Samme L Thompson, Steven O Vondran, and William H Hess. View insider buying and selling activity for American Tower.

AMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Cohen & Steers Inc., State Street Corp, Capital Research Global Investors, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc., and California Public Employees Retirement System. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $218.48.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $96.77 billion and generates $7.58 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.89 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.73 on an earnings per share basis. American Tower employs 5,454 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]