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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.77 per share on Friday, July 13th. This represents a $3.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 18th. This is an increase from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Friday, December 8th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.68 by $1.05. The real estate investment trust earned $1.74 billion during 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%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $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 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Tower's stock. Their predictions range from $150.00 to $171.00. On average, they expect American Tower's share price to reach $160.1667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

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News articles about AMT stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press 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 negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Tower earned a news sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 45.67 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

American Tower's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $140.54.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $61.05 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]