What American Tower Investors Are Talking About Today.

By Scott Lee • Monday, July 28 15:17 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Real Estate company American Tower has moved -2.7% so far today on a volume of 1,323,198, compared to its average of 2,256,316. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -0.0%.

American Tower trades -10.87% 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 699.1% 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 7.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 6.18, American Tower has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 36.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
AMT has a forward P/E ratio of 32.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.79 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 29.62 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 $104.71 Billion. American Tower currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.9%.

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