AMT · American Tower Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $86.33B |
| P/E | 25.38 |
| Float | 465.2M |
| Beta | 0.87 |
| Volatility | 21.7% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 78.8 |
| Price | 181.95 |
| Change | −1.79% |
| Prev Close | 185.27 |
| Open | 181.48 |
| Day Low | 180.54 |
| Day High | 185.88 |
| Avg Vol | 4 |
| Avg $ Vol | $649.2M |
| 52W High | 196.08 |
| 52W Low | 160.06 |
| 52W Pos | 60.8% |
| From High | −7.21% |
| From Low | +13.68% |
| Max DD 1Y | −17.03% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +6.11% |
| SMA 50 | +4.87% |
| SMA 200 | +2.87% |
| RSI (14) | 67.8 |
| Vol 30D | 32.9% |
| Vol 90D | 30.4% |
| 1Y Range | 160–196 |
| Daily bars | 899 |
| Perf Week | +1.66% |
| Perf Month | +5.52% |
| Perf Quarter | +10.90% |
| Perf Half Y | +1.99% |
| Perf Year | −3.24% |
| Perf YTD | +4.09% |
| Prev Day | −1.79% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 10.65 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.40 |
| Int Cover | 4.7× |
| FCF Margin | — |
| Rev Growth | +5.1% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Very High |
| Sector rank | 34 / 47 |
What AMT does
American Tower Corporation is one of the largest global real estate investment trusts.
It is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate. The Company’s primary business is the leasing of space on communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies, wireless data providers, government agencies and municipalities and tenants in a few other industries.
The Company refers to this business, inclusive of its data center business discussed below, as its property operations.
Additionally, the Company offers tower-related services in the United States, which the Company refers to as its services operations.
These services include site application, zoning and permitting, structural and mount analyses, and construction management services, together with program management offerings that support customer deployment needs from project scoping through construction.
The Company’s services operations primarily support the Company’s site leasing business, including through the addition of new tenants and equipment on its sites.
The Company’s customers include its tenants, licensees and other payers. American Tower Corporation was incorporated in 1995 in Delaware and is based in Massachusetts, Boston.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayAMT grades B+, 78.8 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (68), most exposed on Sector Resilience (57, mixed). 1 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Real Estate median. Ranks 34 of 47 in Real Estate by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| AMT | Real Estate median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.87 | 0.97 |
| Volatilityannualized | 21.7% | 24.6% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −17.0% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.93% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 21 (8%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| AMT | Real Estate median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.87 | 0.97 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 71% of 51 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Real Estate names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| AMT | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +1.7% |
| 1 month | +5.5% |
| Year to date | +4.1% |
| 1 year | −3.2% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| AMT | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 26 Jun |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 62 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 16 · 1 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 16 ↑ 1 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 51 Real Estate names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| AMT | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +5.1% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Real Estate median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAn analyst initiated coverage of American Tower with a buy rating, citing the company's global portfolio and scale, growing demand for cell towers, and its investment-grade credit rating. The analyst flagged earnings volatility and land or zoning issues as potential risks.
Broker Bernstein has rated American Tower (AMT) at Outperform, with the same rating on Crown Castle and Market Perform on SBA, arguing that SpaceX's recent low-band spectrum deal makes a SpaceX ground network cheaper and more credible. The article is cut off before the full thesis is shown.
This reflects an outside analyst's opinion on AMT's valuation, not a reported company development. No specific business event or catalyst is described, so nothing about the company's operations has been established here.
SpaceX agreed to buy an $8 billion portfolio of 800 MHz spectrum licenses from Grain Management. The article notes this could lead SpaceX to build a cell network, which would need tower space to operate.
American Tower's stock traded around $165 on October 6, within five dollars of its 52-week low of $160.06. The article notes the company converts 45.41% of revenue into operating profit by leasing communications towers to wireless carriers, and frames the gap between high profitability and a beaten-down share price as a disagreement about the business's future. The piece poses but does not answer whether the company's competitive advantages are strengthening or eroding.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQIX | Equinix Inc | A- | $97.29B | 63.46 | 0.98 | Compare |
| SPG | Simon Property Group Inc | A- | $66.47B | 14.39 | 1.33 | Compare |
| DLR | Digital Realty Trust Inc | B+ | $65.28B | 81.71 | 1.02 | Compare |
| PLD | Prologis Inc | A- | $121.9B | 28.60 | 1.31 | Compare |
| PSA | Public Storage | A- | $55.74B | 27.27 | 0.89 | Compare |
| O | Realty Income Corp | A- | $53.06B | 41.86 | 0.66 | Compare |
| VTR | Ventas Inc | A- | $45.02B | 171.36 | 0.78 | Compare |
| WELL | Welltower Inc | A- | $169.8B | 111.40 | 0.80 | Compare |
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