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AMT (American Tower) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 14.44 (As of May. 28, 2025)


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What is American Tower Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-28), American Tower's current share price is $212.46. American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $14.71. American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 14.44.

The historical rank and industry rank for American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AMT' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.39   Med: 13.59   Max: 22.83
Current: 14.53

During the past years, American Tower's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 22.83. The lowest was 8.39. And the median was 13.59.

AMT's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
99.42% of 519 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.79 vs AMT: 14.53

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

American Tower's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $7.551. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $14.71 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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American Tower Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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American Tower Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

American Tower Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.71 21.45 14.42 14.35 12.30

American Tower Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.98 12.83 15.45 12.30 14.79

Competitive Comparison of American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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American Tower Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=212.46/14.71
=14.44

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, American Tower's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=7.551/134.9266*134.9266
=7.551

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

American Tower Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 17.272 100.684 23.146
201509 15.627 100.392 21.003
201512 15.692 99.792 21.217
201603 16.330 100.470 21.930
201606 15.928 101.688 21.134
201609 15.759 101.861 20.875
201612 15.833 101.863 20.972
201703 16.076 102.862 21.087
201706 15.105 103.349 19.720
201709 15.185 104.136 19.675
201712 14.555 104.011 18.881
201803 14.344 105.290 18.382
201806 12.581 106.317 15.967
201809 12.139 106.507 15.378
201812 12.098 105.998 15.400
201903 12.098 107.251 15.220
201906 12.382 108.070 15.459
201909 11.834 108.329 14.740
201912 11.415 108.420 14.206
202003 8.198 108.902 10.157
202006 8.162 108.767 10.125
202009 8.401 109.815 10.322
202012 9.213 109.897 11.311
202103 8.731 111.754 10.541
202106 12.646 114.631 14.885
202109 11.882 115.734 13.852
202112 11.149 117.630 12.788
202203 11.754 121.301 13.074
202206 14.946 125.017 16.131
202209 13.492 125.227 14.537
202212 11.968 125.222 12.896
202303 11.601 127.348 12.291
202306 11.084 128.729 11.618
202309 9.725 129.860 10.104
202312 9.003 129.419 9.386
202403 8.668 131.776 8.875
202406 8.256 132.554 8.404
202409 7.793 133.029 7.904
202412 7.236 133.157 7.332
202503 7.551 134.927 7.551

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


American Tower  (NYSE:AMT) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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American Tower Business Description

Industry
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.
Executives
Sanjay Goel officer: EVP & President, Asia-Pacific 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Meyer Robert Joseph Jr officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 61 SCHOOL STREET, ARLINGTON MA 02476
Reeve Pamela D A director C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, 116 HUNTINGTON AVE, BOSTON MA 02116
Rodney M Smith officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Eugene M Noel officer: EVP & President, U.S. Tower 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Olivier Puech officer: EVP & President, LatAm & EMEA 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steven O Vondran officer: EVP & President, U.S. Tower 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Robert D Hormats director 85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK NY 10004
Samme L Thompson director C/O TELIT ASSOCIATES, INC., 333 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Joann A Reed director C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORP, 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Raymond P Dolan director 108 GOVERNOR DRIVE, BASKING RIDGE NJ 00924
Ruth T Dowling officer: EVP, Chief Admin Ofr, GC & Sec 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
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