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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.95 per share on Thursday, October 17th. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date 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 announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Friday, December 8th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) issued its quarterly 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 had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.83 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 19.30% and a return on equity of 24.75%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.74 EPS. 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 predictions range from $164.00 to $253.00. On average, they anticipate American Tower's stock price to reach $204.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.7%. 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 headlines about AMT stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a coverage optimism score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near 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 trading volume, of 1,720,000 shares, the short-interest 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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.35%), Resolution Capital Ltd (0.14%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.09%), Strs Ohio (0.08%) and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.08%). 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 Factory Mutual Insurance Co., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CWM LLC, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc. and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Resolution Capital Ltd, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Cohen Klingenstein LLC, Hartwell J M Limited Partnership, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $226.74.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $100.37 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]