NYSE:AMTAmerican Tower Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Tower's stock was trading at $232.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMT shares have increased by 14.0% and is now trading at $265.60. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.12. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 24.55% and a return on equity of 35.63%. American Tower's revenue for the quarter was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.84 EPS. View American Tower's earnings history.

American Tower declared 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 1.66%. 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 brokers have issued 12 month target prices 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 1.7%. View analysts' price targets for American Tower.

Media headlines about AMT stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest 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 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about American Tower.

American Tower saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,690,000 shares, a decrease of 8.0% from the June 15th total of 4,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,370,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.13%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC (0.02%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). 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 Timbercreek Investment Management Inc., Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, 6 Meridian, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., Private Trust Co. NA, Bath Savings Trust Co, Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV, and Diversified Trust Co. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Investment Group LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Cottage Street Advisors LLC, Canandaigua National Corp, Park National Corp OH, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., and Paragon Advisors 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 $265.60.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $117.74 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 inv[email protected]