NYSE:AMTAmerican Tower Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Tower's stock was trading at $232.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMT shares have increased by 14.8% and is now trading at $267.4350. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Tower in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 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 Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Tower.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.12. The real estate investment trust earned $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.99 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 24.55% and a return on equity of 35.63%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.84 EPS. View American Tower's earnings history.

American Tower declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 19th. Investors of record on Friday, June 19th will be paid a dividend of $1.10 per share on Friday, July 10th. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. This is a positive change from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $1.08. 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 $211.00 to $308.00. On average, they expect American Tower's share price to reach $259.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.0%. View analysts' price targets for American Tower.

Media stories about AMT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAmerican Tower.

American Tower saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,060,000 shares, a decrease of 21.5% from the April 30th total of 3,900,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.05%), State Street Corp (4.43%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.94%), Capital World Investors (2.48%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.25%) and Edgewood Management LLC (1.96%). 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 Capital Research Global Investors, APG Asset Management N.V., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, 1832 Asset Management L.P., BlackRock Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., Janus Henderson Group PLC, and Vontobel Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Tower company stock in the last year include Craig Macnab, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, James D Taiclet Jr, Olivier Puech, Pamela D A Reeve, Robert D Hormats, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, Robert Joseph Meyer, Jr, Samme L Thompson, and Steven O Vondran. View insider buying and selling activity for American Tower.

AMT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Cohen & Steers Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Swiss National Bank, Girard Partners LTD., and Deutsche Bank AG. 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 $267.44.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $118.56 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.

The official website for American Tower is 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]