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AMT (American Tower) Profitability Rank : 9 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is American Tower Profitability Rank?

American Tower has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

American Tower's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 45.17%. As of today, American Tower's Piotroski F-Score is 6.


Competitive Comparison of American Tower's Profitability Rank

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where American Tower's Profitability Rank falls into.



American Tower Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

American Tower has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

American Tower's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=1139.2 / 2522.3
=45.17 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

American Tower has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Warning Sign:

American Tower Corp operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.8%.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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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.
Executives
Sanjay Goel officer: EVP & President, Asia-Pacific 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
Meyer Robert Joseph Jr officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 61 SCHOOL STREET, ARLINGTON MA 02476
Robert D Hormats director 85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK NY 10004
Rodney M Smith officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Reeve Pamela D A director C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, 116 HUNTINGTON AVE, BOSTON MA 02116
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