NYSE:AMT - American Tower Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

American Tower announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.77 per share on Friday, July 13th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 18th. This is a boost from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.68 by $1.05. The real estate investment trust earned $1.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.73 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 17.51% and a return on equity of 17.03%. The company's revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.68 earnings per share. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for American Tower's stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $171.00. On average, they expect American Tower's share price to reach $160.1667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

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Media stories about AMT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Tower earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.12 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

American Tower's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.11%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.60%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.51%), Northern Trust Corp (1.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.21%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.81%). Company insiders that own American Tower stock include Amit Sharma, Carolyn Katz, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, James D Taiclet Jr, James D Taiclet, Jr, Joann A Reed, Pamela D A Reeve, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, Samme L Thompson, Steven C Marshall 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Echo Street Capital Management LLC and Forsta AP Fonden. 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, Pamela D A Reeve, Samme L Thompson, Steven C Marshall 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, Millennium Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Soma Equity Partners LP, Edgewood Management LLC and Centersquare Investment Management 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $139.65.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $61.05 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.

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]