American Tower Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AMT)

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

American Tower announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 16th. Investors of record on Friday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.95 per share on Thursday, October 17th. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 26th. This is a boost from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. View American Tower's Dividend History.

American Tower announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.87 by $0.91. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.83 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 19.30% and a return on equity of 24.75%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.74 earnings per share. View American Tower's Earnings History.

American Tower is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Tower.

American Tower will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

American Tower issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.32-8.32 for the period.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Tower's stock. Their forecasts range from $164.00 to $253.00. On average, they expect American Tower's share price to reach $204.71 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.6%. 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 10 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Tower.

News stories about AMT stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for American Tower.

American Tower saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,870,000 shares, an increase of 14.5% from the August 30th total of 3,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,720,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View American Tower's Current Options Chain.

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American Tower's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.35%), Resolution Capital Ltd (0.14%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). 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, 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Stephens Inc. AR and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold American Tower company stock in the last year 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, Thomas A Bartlett 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 Resolution Capital Ltd, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Cohen Klingenstein LLC, Hartwell J M Limited Partnership, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Meeder Asset Management 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $229.09.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $101.41 billion and generates $7.44 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.99 on an earnings per share basis. American Tower employs 5,026 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American Tower.

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]