American Tower Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 1/6
American Tower has a total shareholder equity of $10.2B and total debt of $37.1B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 363.8%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $62.8B and $52.6B respectively. American Tower's EBIT is $4.6B making its interest coverage ratio 3.6. It has cash and short-term investments of $2.2B.
Key information
363.8%
Debt to equity ratio
US$37.08b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 3.6x |
| Cash | US$2.15b |
| Equity | US$10.19b |
| Total liabilities | US$52.62b |
| Total assets | US$62.82b |
Recent financial health updates
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Recent updates
American Tower: An Undervalued Dividend Stock Benefiting From Durable Competitive Advantages
Nov 18American Tower's Multiyear Underperformance Will Continue
Oct 21American Tower: 5G Reacceleration, But Volatility Comes First (Rating Upgrade)
Sep 19Say 'Night Night' With American Tower
Aug 17American Tower: The Perfect Exposure For Lower Interest Rates
Aug 09American Tower: An Undervalued 'Blackstone-Style' REIT
Jul 09American Tower Isn't Dead As The Tide Is Potentially Turning
Jun 06American Tower: Tower-Ing Returns
May 01American Tower: Buy-And-Hold Investors Should Be Euphoric About This Bargain
Apr 21American Tower: Don't Be Fooled By The Dividend Cut
Mar 25Growth Or Dividends? Get Both With American Tower
Mar 02American Tower Has Dividend Power
Feb 22American Tower: Mobile Trends Fueling Expansion But Not A Buy Yet
Feb 06American Tower: There's Still Time To Buy This Wonderful REIT
Jan 05American Tower Is Too Expensive
Dec 04American Tower: 2-Notch Upgrade From Sell To Buy
Nov 28Down 40% - 3.6%-Yielding American Tower Is A Deep-Value Opportunity
Nov 02American Tower: I Agree With Wall Street On This One
Oct 26The Towering Inferno: SBA Communications And American Tower Entering Buy-Zones
Sep 28It's The Best Time In History To Buy American Tower
Sep 202 Insanely Cheap REITs I Am Buying
Sep 06Crown Castle Vs. American Tower: Only One Deserves To Be Called King
Aug 27Who Else Is Doubling Down On Cell Tower REITs?
Aug 08American Tower: Too Depressed But Buyers' Redemption Is Likely Close
Jul 26From Towers To Cash Flow: American Tower's Winning Formula
Jun 25Buy American Tower For Income
May 24Skeptical American Tower would look to acquire Cellnex - analyst
Jan 23American Tower raised at Goldman as rates-driven slump creates buying opportunity
Jan 10American Tower: Ignore The Market's Signals
Dec 19Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: AMT's short term assets ($3.4B) do not cover its short term liabilities ($7.1B).
Long Term Liabilities: AMT's short term assets ($3.4B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($45.6B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: AMT's net debt to equity ratio (342.7%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: AMT's debt to equity ratio has increased from 336.8% to 363.8% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: AMT's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (14.1%).
Interest Coverage: AMT's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (3.6x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2024/12/18 22:27 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/18 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
American Tower Corporation is covered by 53 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Harshit Gupta | Accountability Research Corporation |
| Jacob Kilstein | Argus Research Company |
| Christopher Watts | Atlantic Equities LLP |