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 Wednesday, May 22nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 19th will be given a dividend of $0.92 per share on Friday, July 12th. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 18th. This is an increase from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.90. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.87 by $0.91. The real estate investment trust earned $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.83 billion. American Tower had a return on equity of 24.75% and a net margin of 19.30%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.74 earnings per share. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

American Tower updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $8.32-8.32 for the period.

16 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for American Tower's shares. Their forecasts range from $164.00 to $253.00. On average, they expect American Tower's stock price to reach $203.6429 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.1%. 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.

Media coverage about AMT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for American Tower.

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American Tower's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.99%), BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.91%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (1.75%) and Akre Capital Management LLC (1.62%). 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 Jennison Associates LLC, Winslow Capital Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Cohen & Steers Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., California Public Employees Retirement System, Invesco Ltd. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $216.77.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $95.96 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]