American Tower Corp [NYSE: AMT] gained 0.12% or 0.27 points to close at $223.87 with a heavy trading volume of 1832956 shares.
The daily chart for AMT points out that the company has recorded 4.87% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 3.14M shares, AMT reached to a volume of 1832956 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about American Tower Corp [AMT]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for AMT shares is $245.55 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on AMT stock is a recommendation set at 1.40. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for American Tower Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on April 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wells Fargo raised their target price from $210 to $230. The new note on the price target was released on March 17, 2025, representing the official price target for American Tower Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $225, while JMP Securities analysts kept a Mkt Outperform rating on AMT stock. On October 10, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for AMT shares from 245 to 230.
The Average True Range (ATR) for American Tower Corp is set at 6.24, with the Price to Sales ratio for AMT stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 9.95. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 29.65, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 4.78. Price to Free Cash Flow for AMT in the course of the last twelve months was 27.74.
Trading performance analysis for AMT stock
American Tower Corp [AMT] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 5.95. With this latest performance, AMT shares dropped by -1.89% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 4.87% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 26.59% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for AMT stock in for the last two-week period is set at 59.19, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 61.58, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 58.25 for American Tower Corp [AMT]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 213.25, while it was recorded at 223.65 for the last single week of trading, and 210.09 for the last 200 days.
American Tower Corp [AMT]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for AMT. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for American Tower Corp go to 16.59%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at American Tower Corp [AMT]
The top three institutional holders of AMT stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 62.54 million shares, which is approximately 13.3911%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 38.11 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$7.41 billion in AMT stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$4.02 billion in AMT stock with ownership which is approximately 4.3974%.
