American Tower (American Tower) COGS-to-Revenue

: 0.29 (As of Dec. 2023)

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American Tower's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $811 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,787 Mil.

American Tower's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.29.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. American Tower's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 70.88%.

American Tower COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Tower's COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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American Tower Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.28

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0.29

American Tower Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
COGS-to-Revenue																0.30	0.29	0.30	0.29	0.29

American Tower COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

American Tower's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	3260.6	/	11144.2
	=	0.29

American Tower's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	811.4	/	2786.7
	=	0.29

American Tower (NYSE:AMT) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin.

American Tower's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	811.4 / 2786.7
	=	70.88 %

A company that has a moat can usually maintain or even expand their Gross Margin. A company can increase its Gross Margin in two ways. It can increase the prices of the goods it sells and keeps its Cost of Goods Sold unchanged. Or it can keep the sales price unchanged and squeeze its suppliers to reduce the Cost of Goods Sold. Warren Buffett believes businesses with the power to raise prices have moats.

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American Tower (American Tower) Business Description

Industry

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Address

116 Huntington Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02116

Website

https://www.americantower.com

American Tower owns and operates more than 220,000 cell towers throughout the U.S., Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. It also owns and/or operates 28 data centers in 10 U.S. markets after acquiring CoreSite. On its towers, the company has a very concentrated customer base, with most revenue in each market being generated by just the top few mobile carriers. The company operates more than 40,000 towers in the U.S., which accounted for roughly half of the company's total revenue in 2022. Outside the U.S., American Tower operates over 75,000 towers in India, almost 50,000 towers in Latin America (dominated by Brazil), 30,000 towers in Europe, and nearly 25,000 towers in Africa. American Tower operates as an REIT.

Executives

Joann A Reed	director	C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORP, 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Eugene M Noel	officer: EVP & President, U.S. Tower	116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Robert D Hormats	director	85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK NY 10004
Rodney M Smith	officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer	116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Raymond P Dolan	director	108 GOVERNOR DRIVE, BASKING RIDGE NJ 00924
Samme L Thompson	director	C/O TELIT ASSOCIATES, INC., 333 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Sanjay Goel	officer: EVP & President, Asia-Pacific	116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Ruth T Dowling	officer: EVP, Chief Admin Ofr, GC & Sec	116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Reeve Pamela D A	director	C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, 116 HUNTINGTON AVE, BOSTON MA 02116
Meyer Robert Joseph Jr	officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer	61 SCHOOL STREET, ARLINGTON MA 02476
Edmund Disanto	officer: EVP, Chief Admin Ofr, GC & Sec	C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Bruce L Tanner	director	214 N TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Kelly C Chambliss	director	C/O CORESITE REALTY CORPORATION, 1001 17TH STREET, SUITE 500, DENVER CO 80202
Teresa Hillary Clarke	director	2850 GOLF ROAD, ROLLING MEADOWS IL 60008
David E Sharbutt	director	116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116