Briefing From The Editor -- AMT Stock

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, December 18 15:18 • Permanent Link

American Tower logged a -2.1% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $174.82 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. AMT's trading volume is 1,852,667 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,143,226.

American Tower trades -23.08% away from its average analyst target price of $227.26 per share. The 19 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $200.0 to $260.0, and on average have given American Tower a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying AMT should be aware of the facts below:

American Tower's current price is 524.6% 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 -0.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 6.26, American Tower has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.9 while the S&P 500 average is None
AMT has a forward P/E ratio of 25.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.98 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 20.71 compared to its sector average of None
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 $81.86 Billion. American Tower currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.8%.

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