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American Tower (WBO:AMTG) Interest Expense : €-1,317 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is American Tower Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. American Tower's interest expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was € -337 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €-1,317 Mil.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income(EBIT) by its Interest Expense. American Tower's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was € 1,138 Mil. American Tower's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was € -337 Mil. American Tower's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.37. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


American Tower Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Tower's Interest Expense 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 Interest Expense Chart

American Tower Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -732.78 -652.26 -770.75 -1,072.86 -1,282.15

American Tower Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Expense 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 -317.75 -321.30 -336.57 -321.59 -337.36

American Tower Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-1,317 Mil.

* 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  (WBO:AMTG) Interest Expense Explanation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense. The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

American Tower's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-337 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1,138 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €40,534 Mil.

American Tower's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1137.672/-337.364
=3.37

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. American Tower Corp interest coverage is 2.97, which is low.


American Tower (WBO:AMTG) 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 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.

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