As of today (2024-04-27), American Tower's share price is $171.69.
American Tower's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.26. Hence, American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 27.42.
The historical rank and industry rank for American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
AMT'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 21.99 Med: 33.23 Max: 67.96
Current: 27.46
During the past 13 years, American Tower's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 67.96. The lowest was 21.99. And the median was 33.23.
AMT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 82.95% of 698
companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 12.085
vs AMT: 27.46
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of American Tower was 58.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, American Tower's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 35.50% per year. The lowest was -149.80% per year. And the median was 9.60% per year.
American Tower Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.
Competitive Comparison of American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
American Tower Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
American Tower's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
American Tower's Share Price of today is $171.69. American Tower's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.26.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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American Tower (American Tower) Business Description
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.
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