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Company snapshot — American Tower Corp

AMT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
American Tower is a real estate investment trust that owns and leases communication towers, letting wireless carriers and other tenants attach antennas and equipment to them. It also owns a network of interconnected data-centre facilities in the United States. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Where it sits in the stack
American Tower carries no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index, so it sits outside the layers that index tracks. Within our wider universe it belongs to the Real Estate sector, in the REIT - Specialty industry, alongside its data-centre holdings rather than the compute or chip layers.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has not been built for this name; the comparison the market usually draws is with Crown Castle, another tower-focused REIT.
Why Closelook tracks it
American Tower holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether analyst price targets keep being raised and whether the shares close the gap to their recent high, which would point to firmer confidence in tower and data-centre demand.

American Tower Corp (AMT) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AMT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Mizuho, 2026-08-20

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AMT from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Mizuho — target 208 from 205 Target raised to $208 from $205 (+19.2% to spot) 2026-08-20

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against REIT - Specialty · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Specialty

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against AMT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.01%, quarterly · last 1.79 USD on 2026-06-12

Dividends and capital return

What AMT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 6.98 USD per share · a 4.01% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +5.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 6.64 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.79 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-12
  • By calendar year 2023: 3.35 USD (partial) · 2024: 6.48 USD · 2025: 6.80 USD · 2026: 3.58 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-10

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is American Tower Corp (AMT)?

American Tower Corp trades as AMT on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is AMT in a Closelook index?

Not currently — American Tower Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does AMT trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +0.7% vs the 50-day and -1.4% vs the 200-day average, 10.4% below the 52-week high and +8.7% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 48 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does American Tower Corp do?

American Tower is a real estate investment trust that owns and leases communication towers, letting wireless carriers and other tenants attach antennas and equipment to them. It also owns a network of interconnected data-centre facilities in the United States. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Closelook's peer group has not been built for this name; the comparison the market usually draws is with Crown Castle, another tower-focused REIT.

Where does American Tower Corp sit in the AI build-out?

American Tower carries no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index, so it sits outside the layers that index tracks. Within our wider universe it belongs to the Real Estate sector, in the REIT - Specialty industry, alongside its data-centre holdings rather than the compute or chip layers. American Tower holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.

Does American Tower Corp pay a dividend?

American Tower Corp has paid 6.98 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.01% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.79 USD on 2026-06-12. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on American Tower Corp recently?

The most recent analyst action on American Tower Corp on the Closelook wire is a price target by Mizuho on 2026-08-20 (target 208 from 205). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AMT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then REIT - Specialty, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.