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AMTPB.PFD (American Tower) Forward Dividend Yield % : 0.00% (As of Jan. 18, 2025)


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What is American Tower Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-01-18), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of American Tower is 0.00%.

As of today (2025-01-18), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of American Tower is 0.00%.

AMTpB.PFD's Forward Dividend Yield % is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 7.12
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Forward Dividend Yield % only.

American Tower's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, American Tower's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 39.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 17.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of American Tower was 26.20% per year. The lowest was 1.60% per year. And the median was 20.30% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of American Tower's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, American Tower's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

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American Tower's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, American Tower's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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American Tower Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.


American Tower  (NYSE:AMTpB.PFD) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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American Tower Business Description

Address
116 Huntington Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
American Tower owns and operates more than 220,000 cell towers throughout the us, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. It also owns and/or operates 28 data centers in 10 us 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 us, which accounted for almost half of the company's total revenue in 2023. Outside the us, 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 a REIT.