AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/
AMT· NYSE· Real Estate Investment Trusts
- Market cap
- –
- P/FCF
- –
- EV/Sales
- –
- FCF margin
- 404.3%
- ROIC, 5 yr avg
- –
- Revenue, 5 yr CAGR
- +13.6%
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Company statistics
Profile · FY2025
- Market cap
- –
- Enterprise value
- –
- Diluted shares
- 468.8M
- Revenue
- $935.9M
- Free cash flow
- $3.8B
- Owner earnings
- $3.6B
Valuation · FY2025
- P/E
- –
- P/FCF
- –
- P/Owner earnings
- –
- EV/Sales
- –
- EV/FCF
- –
- P/B
- –
Margins · FY2025
- Gross
- –
- Operating
- 517.8%
- Net
- –
- Free cash flow
- 404.3%
- Owner earnings
- 385.7%
- Stock pay
- 18.6%
Returns
- ROIC, FY2025
- –
- ROIC, 5 yr avg
- –
- ROE, FY2025
- –
- ROE, 5 yr avg
- –
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue, 3 yr
- 3.6%
- Revenue, 5 yr
- 13.6%
- Revenue, 9 yr
- -18.3%
- Diluted EPS, 3 yr
- 12.2%
- Diluted EPS, 5 yr
- 7.3%
- Diluted EPS, 9 yr
- 11.8%
- Free cash flow, 3 yr
- 27.6%
- Free cash flow, 5 yr
- 5.8%
- Free cash flow, 9 yr
- 7.2%
Financial health · FY2025
- Cash and investments
- $1.5B
- Total debt
- –
- Net cash
- –
- Debt/Equity
- –
- Debt/FCF
- –
Shareholder returns · FY2025
- Dividend yield
- –
- Payout ratio
- –
- Buyback yield
- –
- Shareholder yield
- –
- Share count, 5 yr
- 1.0%
Financials: ten years from the 10-Ks
Revenue
$935.9M
-18.3% a year over 9 years
FY2016FY2025
Margins
Operating517.8%Net–
FY2025
FY2016FY2025
Free cash flow and owner earnings
Free cash flow$3.8BOwner earnings$3.6B
Free cash flow +7.2% a year
FY2016FY2025
Diluted shares
468.8M
+9.2% over 9 years, net dilution
FY2016FY2025
Return on invested capital
–
FY2025
FY2016FY2025
Net debt (below zero)
–
$37.4B more debt than cash
FY2016FY2025
Every figure, year by year
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The business | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $5.8B | $6.7B | $491.3M | $527.2M | $495.7M | $717.2M | $840.7M | $747.3M | $774.6M | $935.9M |
| Revenue growth | 21.3% | 15.2% | -92.6% | 7.3% | -6.0% | 44.7% | 17.2% | -11.1% | 3.7% | 20.8% |
| Gross margin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 30.0% | 387.7% | 509.9% | 582.5% | 436.7% | 325.8% | 418.2% | 583.1% | 517.8% |
| Net income | $956.4M | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.9B | $1.7B | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 18.6% | 251.7% | 358.1% | 341.1% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diluted EPS | $1.98 | $2.67 | $2.77 | $4.24 | $3.79 | $5.66 | $3.82 | $3.18 | $4.82 | $5.40 |
| Return on invested capital? | 6.5% | 7.6% | – | – | – | 6.1% | 6.0% | – | – | – |
| Cash | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $2.7B | $2.9B | $3.7B | $3.8B | $3.9B | $4.8B | $3.7B | $4.7B | $5.3B | $5.5B |
| Capital expenditure | $682.5M | $803.6M | $913.2M | $991.3M | $1.0B | $1.4B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Free cash flow | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.8B | $2.8B | $2.8B | $3.4B | $1.8B | $2.9B | $3.7B | $3.8B |
| Stock-based compensation | $89.9M | $108.5M | $137.5M | $111.4M | $120.8M | $119.5M | $169.3M | $195.7M | $203.6M | $174.2M |
| Owner earnings? | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.7B | $2.6B | $2.7B | $3.3B | $1.7B | $2.7B | $3.5B | $3.6B |
| Free cash flow per share | $4.70 | $4.92 | $6.40 | $6.20 | $6.39 | $7.60 | $3.94 | $6.26 | $7.91 | $8.07 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $886.1M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $2.3B | $2.7B | $3.0B | $3.0B | $3.2B |
| Share repurchases | $0 | $766.3M | $232.8M | $19.6M | $56.0M | $0 | $18.8M | $0 | $0 | $364.6M |
| Diluted shares | 429.3M | 431.7M | 443.0M | 445.5M | 446.1M | 453.3M | 462.8M | 467.2M | 468.1M | 468.8M |
| Share count change? | 1.5% | 0.6% | 2.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $787.2M | $802.1M | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.9B | $1.5B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $1.5B |
| Short-term investments | $4.0M | $1.0M | $0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total debt | $18.5B | $20.2B | $21.2B | $1.9M | – | $43.5B | $38.9B | – | – | – |
| Net debt | $17.7B | $19.4B | $20.0B | -$1.5B | – | $41.5B | $37.4B | – | – | – |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.8B | $6.2B | $5.3B | $5.1B | $4.1B | $5.1B | $5.6B | $4.2B | $3.4B | $3.7B |
Latest filings
| 2026-10-27 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-10-27 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-07-28 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-07-28 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-04-28 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-04-28 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-04-08 | DEF 14A | Proxy statement |
| 2026-02-24 | 10-K | Annual report |
| 2026-02-24 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2025-10-28 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
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