NYSE:AMTAmerican Tower Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Tower's stock was trading at $232.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMT shares have increased by 11.5% and is now trading at $259.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Tower in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 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 Friday, May 1st 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Tower.

American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.86 by $0.60. The real estate investment trust earned $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.93 billion. American Tower had a net margin of 24.90% and a return on equity of 32.51%. The firm's revenue was down 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.62 earnings per share. View American Tower's earnings history.

American Tower declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 14th will be given a dividend of $1.08 per share on Wednesday, April 29th. This represents a $4.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 13th. This is a positive change from American Tower's previous quarterly dividend of $1.01. View American Tower's dividend history.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for American Tower's shares. Their forecasts range from $203.00 to $280.00. On average, they anticipate American Tower's stock price to reach $246.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.0%. View analysts' price targets for American Tower.

Media headlines about AMT stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Tower earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAmerican Tower.

American Tower saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 4,072,500 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the February 27th total of 3,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,810,000 shares, the short-interest 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AMT."

American Tower's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.03%), Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC (0.02%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.01%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (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 M&G Investment Management Ltd., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Triangle Securities Wealth Management, San Francisco Sentry Investment Group CA, Hotaling Investment Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Enterprise Bank & 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, James D Taiclet, Jr, Olivier Puech, Pamela D A Reeve, Robert D Hormats, Robert Joseph Meyer Jr, Robert Joseph Meyer, Jr, Samme L Thompson, Steven O Vondran, and William H Hess. View insider buying and selling activity for American Tower.

AMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, Timbercreek Investment Management Inc., Tuttle Tactical Management, IBM Retirement Fund, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Park National Corp OH, Alpine Global Management LLC, and Spirit of America Management Corp NY. 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 $259.60.

American Tower has a market capitalization of $114.98 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. 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]