American Tower Corp Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  181.32
 Dividend  6.27
 Earnings  7.43
 Cash-flow  7.92
 Book value  11.93
 Equity  11.41

American Tower Corp is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. American Tower Corp is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

American Tower Corp stock dividend

American Tower Corp paid a total dividend of 2,922 million USD last year, for a market value of 84,495 millions (Market Cap 84,302 millions). American Tower Corp dividend per share is 6.27 USD, and his stock market price 181.32 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, American Tower Corp has a dividend yield of 3.46%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare American Tower Corp stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of American Tower Corp

American Tower Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of American Tower Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 6.27 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.46%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). American Tower Corp payout on ernings is currently 84.39%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that American Tower Corp can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of American Tower Corp is USD 7.92 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 6.27, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of American Tower Corp, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

American Tower Corp payout

American Tower Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of American Tower Corp's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present3.46%6.2784.39%466
20222.95%6.2576.97%465
20211.90%5.5698.58%454
20202.16%4.8580.17%443
20191.76%4.0475.23%442
20181.99%3.1572.41%442
20171.96%2.8076.71%425
20162.15%2.2080.00%423
20151.85%1.8464.11%423

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of American Tower Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Real Estate Investment Trusts stocks.

American Tower Corp stock dividend history

American Tower Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth American Tower Corp showed a return of -4.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -28.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.

American Tower Corp stock and market return