Analyzing AMT Stock Performance – A Market Overview

By Ken Smith • Wednesday, July 23 10:06 • Permanent Link

American Tower logged a -0.3% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $231.66 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. AMT's trading volume is 135,364 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,319,177.

American Tower trades -7.69% away from its average analyst target price of $250.95 per share. The 19 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $217.0 to $288.0, and on average have given American Tower a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in AMT, you'll want to know the following:

American Tower's current price is 727.7% above its Graham number of $27.99, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
American Tower has moved 11.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 6.18, American Tower has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 37.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
AMT has a forward P/E ratio of 34.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.79 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 30.68 compared to its sector average of 1.94
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 over 149,000 communications sites and a highly interconnected footprint of U.
Based in Boston, the company has 4,691 full time employees and a market cap of $108.45 Billion. American Tower currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.8%.

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