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Don't Take a Position in American Tower Stocks Without Knowing Its Fundamentals!

American Tower logged a -0.3% change during today's evening session, and is now trading at a price of $190.62 per share.

American Tower returned losses of -28.0% last year, with its stock price reaching a high of $282.47 and a low of $178.17. Over the same period, the stock underperformed the S&P 500 index by -38.0%. As of April 2023, the company's 50-day average price was $189.96. American Tower, one of the largest global REITs, is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate with a portfolio of nearly 226,000 communications sites and a highly interconnected footprint of U. Based in Boston, MA, the large-cap Real Estate company has 6,391 full time employees. American Tower has offered a 3.2% dividend yield over the last 12 months.

Exceptional Profitability Overshadowed by Excessive Leverage:

2020-02-25 2021-02-25 2022-02-25 2023-02-23
Revenue (MM) $7,580 $8,042 $9,357 $10,711
Operating Margins 35.5% 35.9% 33.5% 22.0%
Net Margins 24.9% 21.02% 27.44% 16.49%
Net Income (MM) $1,888 $1,691 $2,568 $1,766
Net Interest Expense (MM) -$767 -$754 -$830 -$1,065
Depreciation & Amort. (MM) -$1,778 -$1,882 -$2,333 -$3,355
Earnings Per Share $4.24 $3.79 $5.62 $2.99
EPS Growth n/a -10.61% 48.28% -46.8%
Diluted Shares (MM) 446 446 457 466
Free Cash Flow (MM) $4,744 $4,913 $6,197 $5,570
Capital Expenditures (MM) -$991 -$1,032 -$1,377 -$1,874
Net Current Assets (MM) -$33,661 -$39,547 -$57,089 -$51,164
Current Ratio 0.47 0.79 0.41 0.44
Long Term Debt (MM) $21,127 $28,498 $38,686 $34,156
Net Debt / EBITDA 5.09 6.56 7.55 5.95

American Tower has growing revenues and increasing reinvestment in the business, strong margins with a negative growth trend, and a steady stream of strong cash flows. However, the firm suffers from declining EPS growth and a highly leveraged balance sheet.

American Tower Has Elevated P/B and P/E Ratios:

American Tower has a trailing twelve month P/E ratio of 63.5, compared to an average of 24.81 for the Real Estate sector. Based on its EPS guidance of $4.98, the company has a forward P/E ratio of 38.1. The 3.3% compound average growth rate of American Tower's historical and projected earnings per share yields a PEG ratio of 19.43. This suggests that these shares are overvalued. Furthermore, American Tower is likely overvalued compared to the book value of its equity, since its P/B ratio of 17.2 is higher than the sector average of 2.24. The company's shares are currently trading 491.8% above their Graham number.

American Tower Has an Average Rating of Buy:

The 17 analysts following American Tower have set target prices ranging from $211.0 to $271.0 per share, for an average of $234.71 with a buy rating. As of April 2023, the company is trading -19.1% away from its average target price, indicating that there is an analyst consensus of some upside potential.

American Tower has a very low short interest because 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short. Institutions own 92.8% of the company's shares, and the insider ownership rate stands at 0.15%, suggesting a small amount of insider investors. The largest shareholder is Vanguard Group Inc, whose 13% stake in the company is worth $11,753,341,062.

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