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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 26th. This is a boost from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.79. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, December 8th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

16 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for American Tower's stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $176.00. On average, they anticipate American Tower's share price to reach $166.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% from the stock's current price. 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.

Media headlines about AMT stock have trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 news impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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American Tower's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Resolution Capital Ltd (0.37%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.06%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.06%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Barton Investment Management (0.04%). Company insiders that own American Tower stock 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, 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 Timbercreek Investment Management Inc., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, American Trust Investment Advisors LLC, Bristol Advisors LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, Barton Investment Management and TRUE Private Wealth Advisors. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, Resolution Capital Ltd, Monument Capital Management, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Virtu Financial LLC, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI and Bath Savings Trust Co. 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 $163.78.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $71.09 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]