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American Tower (WBO:AMTG) PB Ratio : 27.04 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is American Tower PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-12-12), American Tower's share price is €189.88. American Tower's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €7.02. Hence, American Tower's PB Ratio of today is 27.04.

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

WBO:AMTG' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.14   Med: 16.5   Max: 32.4
Current: 25.61

During the past 13 years, American Tower's highest PB Ratio was 32.40. The lowest was 5.14. And the median was 16.50.

WBO:AMTG's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
99.56% of 915 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.8 vs WBO:AMTG: 25.61

During the past 12 months, American Tower's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -19.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -1.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of American Tower was 72.00% per year. The lowest was -24.20% per year. And the median was 2.35% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


American Tower PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Tower's 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 PB Ratio Chart

American Tower Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.78 23.91 25.86 17.94 23.82

American Tower Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 17.14 23.82 22.83 23.68 29.49

Competitive Comparison of American Tower's PB Ratio

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, American Tower's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

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



American Tower PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

American Tower's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=189.88/7.022
=27.04

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


American Tower  (WBO:AMTG) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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.

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