American Tower (AMT) Competitors $192.05 -3.03 (-1.55%) Closing price 09/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$192.14 +0.09 (+0.05%) As of 09/15/2025 07:55 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock AMT vs. EQIX, SBAC, ARE, CCI, DLR, O, PLD, PSA, VICI, and VZShould you be buying American Tower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Tower include Equinix (EQIX), SBA Communications (SBAC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Crown Castle (CCI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Realty Income (O), Prologis (PLD), Public Storage (PSA), VICI Properties (VICI), and Verizon Communications (VZ). American Tower vs. Its Competitors Equinix SBA Communications Alexandria Real Estate Equities Crown Castle Digital Realty Trust Realty Income Prologis Public Storage VICI Properties Verizon Communications American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and media sentiment. Do analysts prefer AMT or EQIX? American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $244.73, indicating a potential upside of 27.43%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $962.52, indicating a potential upside of 21.58%. Given American Tower's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Equinix.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score American Tower 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.94Equinix 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 19 Buy rating(s) 5 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is AMT or EQIX more profitable? American Tower has a net margin of 12.60% compared to Equinix's net margin of 11.11%. American Tower's return on equity of 24.85% beat Equinix's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets American Tower12.60% 24.85% 4.01% Equinix 11.11%7.22%2.73% Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMT or EQIX? 92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is AMT or EQIX a better dividend stock? American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American Tower pays out 247.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equinix pays out 183.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Tower has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Equinix has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AMT or EQIX? American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAmerican Tower$10.13B8.88$2.26B$2.7569.84Equinix$8.75B8.86$815M$10.2177.54 Which has more volatility and risk, AMT or EQIX? American Tower has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer AMT or EQIX? In the previous week, Equinix had 6 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Equinix and 34 mentions for American Tower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Equinix's score of 1.51 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment American Tower 32 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Equinix 36 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive SummaryEquinix beats American Tower on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get American Tower News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AMT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AMT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAmerican TowerREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$91.35B$8.58B$12.82B$21.53BDividend Yield3.49%5.29%5.42%3.50%P/E Ratio69.8483.56244.6529.84Price / Sales8.885.3230.8971.01Price / Cash16.8519.3719.2518.13Price / Book9.301.722.314.65Net Income$2.26B$130.30M$1.01B$999.94M7 Day Performance-1.27%0.97%0.61%1.08%1 Month Performance-6.86%7.39%3.21%4.53%1 Year Performance-20.09%-8.99%541.41%14.39% American Tower Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AMTAmerican Tower4.8064 of 5 stars$192.05-1.6%$244.73+27.4%-19.5%$91.35B$10.13B69.844,691Positive NewsEQIXEquinix4.9565 of 5 stars$764.93-1.1%$962.52+25.8%-9.2%$74.88B$8.75B74.9413,606Positive NewsSBACSBA Communications4.8995 of 5 stars$190.57-3.6%$256.38+34.5%-18.5%$20.53B$2.68B24.291,720Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAREAlexandria Real Estate Equities4.283 of 5 stars$85.04+0.4%$97.17+14.3%-31.2%$14.70B$3.12B-653.86590Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeCCICrown Castle4.7962 of 5 stars$93.22-3.0%$116.41+24.9%-21.3%$40.54B$6.57B-8.733,900Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑DLRDigital Realty Trust4.5096 of 5 stars$160.64-1.6%$190.74+18.7%+10.2%$54.79B$5.55B42.173,936Positive NewsORealty Income3.9823 of 5 stars$58.78-0.9%$62.00+5.5%-4.0%$53.71B$5.27B57.03400Positive NewsDividend IncreasePLDPrologis4.8443 of 5 stars$113.18-0.4%$121.83+7.6%-12.1%$105.10B$8.20B30.682,703Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPSAPublic Storage4.9508 of 5 stars$292.85-1.7%$331.62+13.2%-20.3%$51.35B$4.70B31.925,900Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastVICIVICI Properties4.5903 of 5 stars$33.24-1.1%$35.55+7.0%-2.6%$35.43B$3.85B12.7320Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastVZVerizon Communications4.6949 of 5 stars$43.19-2.7%$47.65+10.3%-1.2%$182.21B$134.79B10.0799,600Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Equinix Competitors SBA Communications Competitors Alexandria Real Estate Equities Competitors Crown Castle Competitors Digital Realty Trust Competitors Realty Income Competitors Prologis Competitors Public Storage Competitors VICI Properties Competitors Verizon Communications Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AMT) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNew Biotech Backed by Proven Incubator Now Open to PublicA successful biotech incubator just opened its next chapter - and you're invited to their raise. 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