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 13.4% and is now trading at $264.21. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Tower in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 12 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 (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.12. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.99 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.99 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 24.55% and a return on equity of 35.63%. The company's revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.84 earnings per share. View American Tower's earnings history.

American Tower announced 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 1.67%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 18th. This is a boost from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $1.08. View American Tower's dividend history.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for American Tower's stock. Their forecasts range from $211.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate American Tower's share price to reach $261.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View analysts' price targets for American Tower.

Media headlines about AMT stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about American Tower.

American Tower saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,010,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the May 31st total of 3,740,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,630,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AMT."

American Tower's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Boltwood Capital Management (0.00%), Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%), Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%) and Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and Boltwood Capital Management. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Modus Advisors LLC, and Cox Capital Mgt LLC. 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 $264.21.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $117.13 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]