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

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

American Tower declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.84 per share on Monday, January 14th. This represents a $3.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 26th. This is an increase from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.79. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Friday, December 8th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust earned $1.79 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.76 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 17.07% and a return on equity of 18.55%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.73 earnings per share. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

16 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for American Tower's shares. Their predictions range from $150.00 to $176.00. On average, they anticipate American Tower's stock price to reach $166.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%. 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 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

News articles about AMT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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American Tower's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.86%), Vanguard Group Inc (12.86%), BlackRock Inc. (6.76%), FMR LLC (3.45%), Capital World Investors (2.75%) and Edgewood Management LLC (1.81%). Company insiders that own American Tower stock include Amit Sharma, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, James D Taiclet Jr, James D Taiclet, Jr, Joann A Reed, Olivier Puech, Pamela D A Reeve, 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 Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Cohen & Steers Inc., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, American Century Companies Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and Capital International Investors. 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, Olivier Puech, Pamela D A Reeve, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., Edgewood Management LLC, Resolution Capital Ltd, FMR LLC, Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 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 $166.80.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $73.40 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.

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]