American Tower Corp Dividend yield

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 paid a total dividend of 2,520 million USD last year, for a market value of 114,054 millions (Market Cap 113,246 millions). Dividend per share of American Tower Corp is 5.55 USD, and his stock market price 251.22 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, American Tower Corp has a dividend yield of 2.21%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare American Tower Corp dividend yield with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or firms from USA.

American Tower Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of American Tower Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 5.55 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.21%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). American Tower Corp payout on ernings is currently 66.95%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 38.25% and 41.38% 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 10.60 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 5.55, 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 Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.21%	5.55	66.95%	454
2021	1.90%	5.56	98.58%	454
2020	2.16%	4.85	80.17%	443
2019	1.76%	4.04	75.23%	442
2018	1.99%	3.15	72.41%	442
2017	1.96%	2.80	76.71%	425
2016	2.15%	2.20	80.00%	423
2015	1.85%	1.84	64.11%	423

*In millions

American Tower Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth American Tower Corp showed a return of 10.70% compared to a worldwide 1.12% average, and a 1.75% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 5.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 5.73%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.