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, May 24th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 18th. This is an increase 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 authorized a stock buyback 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $1.04. The real estate investment trust earned $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.75 billion. American Tower had a return on equity of 16.72% and a net margin of 16.34%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.58 EPS. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Tower's stock. Their predictions range from $150.00 to $171.00. On average, they anticipate American Tower's share price to reach $162.0667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.3% 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 3 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

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Media coverage about AMT stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. American Tower earned a coverage optimism score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.08 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for American Tower.

American Tower's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.65%), FMR LLC (3.23%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.75%), Akre Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.55%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.49%). 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 FMR LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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 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 BlackRock Inc., AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Putnam Investments LLC, First Republic Investment Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Montag & Caldwell LLC and CIBC Private Wealth Group 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 $151.02.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $65.76 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]