American Tower Corporation

AMT Real Estate Reit Specialty

American Tower Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $10.6 billion, up 5.11% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.65%, EPS grew 138.5%, free cash flow grew 19.4% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

185.44 4.08 +2.25%
Market cap
$84.5B
P/E
25.5×
Fwd P/E
29.7×
Dividend yield
3.81%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
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Dividend safety
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American Tower Corporation (AMT) Return on invested capital

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American Tower Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 6.73%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.59%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.50% (fiscal 2022) to 6.59% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Reit Specialty industry median of 4.19% and above the Real Estate sector median of 2.03%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 6.59% 0.18
FY2024 6.41% 2.32
FY2023 4.09% 0.59
FY2022 3.50% (0.42)
FY2021 3.92% (1.72)
FY2020 5.64% (0.37)
FY2019 6.01% 1.39
FY2018 4.62% (0.17)
FY2017 4.79% 0.08
FY2016 4.71% 0.40

Against its own ten years

Low 3.50% High 6.59%
Ten-year median 4.71%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SBAC SBA Communications Corporation compare 11.0%
LAMR Lamar Advertising Company compare 10.4%
CCI Crown Castle Inc. compare 9.03%
AMT American Tower Corporation 6.73%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. compare 6.47%
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated compare 5.48%
EQIX Equinix, Inc. compare 4.07%
WY Weyerhaeuser Company compare 3.67%
DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. compare 0.07%
Reit Specialty industry median 4.19%
Real Estate sector median 2.03%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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