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American Tower (American Tower) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 27.69 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is American Tower Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), American Tower's current share price is $171.69. American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.20. American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 27.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

AMT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.95   Med: 51.24   Max: 67.58
Current: 27.95

During the past years, American Tower's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 67.58. The lowest was 25.95. And the median was 51.24.

AMT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
81.54% of 390 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 11.575 vs AMT: 27.95

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

American Tower's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.320. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $6.20 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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American Tower Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* 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.

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American Tower Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

American Tower Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 59.93 51.84 56.10 37.35 34.81

American Tower Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 37.35 35.16 32.51 26.74 34.81

Competitive Comparison of American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



American Tower Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=171.69/6.2
=27.69

* 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.

American Tower's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, American Tower's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=1.32/129.4194*129.4194
=1.320

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

American Tower Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.658 99.695 0.854
201406 0.859 100.560 1.106
201409 0.600 100.428 0.773
201412 0.783 99.070 1.023
201503 0.857 99.621 1.113
201506 0.877 100.684 1.127
201509 0.703 100.392 0.906
201512 0.964 99.792 1.250
201603 0.957 100.470 1.233
201606 1.358 101.688 1.728
201609 1.189 101.861 1.511
201612 1.200 101.863 1.525
201703 1.186 102.862 1.492
201706 1.373 103.349 1.719
201709 1.110 104.136 1.380
201712 1.249 104.011 1.554
201803 1.353 105.290 1.663
201806 1.606 106.317 1.955
201809 1.278 106.507 1.553
201812 2.161 105.998 2.638
201903 1.269 107.251 1.531
201906 1.781 108.070 2.133
201909 1.518 108.329 1.814
201912 1.630 108.420 1.946
202003 1.313 108.902 1.560
202006 1.746 108.767 2.078
202009 1.606 109.815 1.893
202012 1.724 109.897 2.030
202103 1.721 111.754 1.993
202106 1.490 114.631 1.682
202109 3.900 115.734 4.361
202112 0.479 117.630 0.527
202203 0.607 121.301 0.648
202206 1.186 125.017 1.228
202209 1.013 125.227 1.047
202212 1.128 125.222 1.166
202303 1.304 127.348 1.325
202306 1.689 128.729 1.698
202309 1.948 129.860 1.941
202312 1.320 129.419 1.320

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


American Tower  (NYSE:AMT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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American Tower (American Tower) Business Description

Industry
Address
116 Huntington Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
American Tower owns and operates more than 220,000 cell towers throughout the U.S., Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. It also owns and/or operates 28 data centers in 10 U.S. 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 U.S., which accounted for roughly half of the company's total revenue in 2022. Outside the U.S., 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 an REIT.
Executives
Joann A Reed director C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORP, 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Eugene M Noel officer: EVP & President, U.S. Tower 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Robert D Hormats director 85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK NY 10004
Rodney M Smith officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Raymond P Dolan director 108 GOVERNOR DRIVE, BASKING RIDGE NJ 00924
Samme L Thompson director C/O TELIT ASSOCIATES, INC., 333 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Sanjay Goel officer: EVP & President, Asia-Pacific 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Ruth T Dowling officer: EVP, Chief Admin Ofr, GC & Sec 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
Reeve Pamela D A director C/O AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, 116 HUNTINGTON AVE, BOSTON MA 02116
Meyer Robert Joseph Jr officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 61 SCHOOL STREET, ARLINGTON MA 02476
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
Teresa Hillary Clarke director 2850 GOLF ROAD, ROLLING MEADOWS IL 60008
David E Sharbutt director 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116