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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 7th. Investors of record on Friday, September 28th will be given a dividend of $0.79 per share on Wednesday, October 17th. This represents a $3.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 27th. This is an increase from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Friday, December 8th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) released its quarterly earnings results 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 the consensus estimate of $1.76 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 17.07% and a return on equity of 18.55%. The business's revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.73 earnings per share. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

15 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for American Tower's stock. Their predictions range from $150.00 to $176.00. On average, they expect American Tower's share price to reach $165.7857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Tower.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Tower in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

Media coverage about AMT stock has trended very positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a daily sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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American Tower's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.76%), FMR LLC (3.45%), Capital World Investors (2.75%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.81%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.72%) and Akre Capital Management LLC (1.60%). Company insiders that own American Tower stock include Amit Sharma, David E Sharbutt, Edmund Disanto, James D Taiclet Jr, James D Taiclet, Jr, Joann A Reed, Pamela D A Reeve, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, 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 Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Cohen & Steers Inc., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, American Century Companies Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and Capital International Investors. 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, Robert Joseph Meyer, Jr, Samme L Thompson, Steven C Marshall and William H Hess. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Tower.

AMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Edgewood Management LLC, Resolution Capital Ltd, FMR LLC, Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Capital World Investors and BlackRock Inc.. 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 $160.00.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $73.22 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]