TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Jun 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 2.6B
Gross Profit 1.9B 73.78%
Operating Income 1.2B 45.59%
Net Income 380.5M 14.48%
EPS (Diluted) $0.78

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 62.1B
Total Liabilities 52.1B
Shareholders Equity 9.9B
Debt to Equity 5.25

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 1.3B
Free Cash Flow 963.9M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

American Tower Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i10.1B11.1B10.7B9.4B8.0B
Cost of Goods Sold i2.6B3.3B3.3B2.7B2.2B
Gross Profit i7.6B7.9B7.4B6.7B5.8B
Gross Margin % i74.6%70.7%69.5%71.3%72.3%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i-----
Selling, General & Administrative i933.4M992.5M972.3M811.6M778.7M
Other Operating Expenses i-12.4M28.1M83.3M202.3M25.7M
Total Operating Expenses i921.0M1.0B1.1B1.0B804.4M
Operating Income i4.6B3.8B3.0B3.3B3.1B
Operating Margin % i45.5%33.9%28.4%35.6%38.9%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i135.2M143.4M71.6M40.4M39.7M
Interest Expense i1.4B1.4B1.1B870.9M793.5M
Other Non-Operating Income291.1M-1.0B-251.0M331.5M-552.7M
Pre-tax Income i3.6B1.5B1.7B2.8B1.8B
Income Tax i366.3M154.2M24.0M261.8M129.6M
Effective Tax Rate % i10.1%10.1%1.4%9.3%7.1%
Net Income i2.3B1.4B1.7B2.6B1.7B
Net Margin % i22.5%12.3%15.8%27.4%21.0%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i6.9B7.1B6.4B5.7B5.0B
EPS (Basic) i$4.83$3.18$3.83$5.69$3.81
EPS (Diluted) i$4.82$3.18$3.82$5.66$3.79
Basic Shares Outstanding i467011000466063000461519000451498000443640003
Diluted Shares Outstanding i467011000466063000461519000451498000443640003

Income Statement Trend

American Tower Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i2.0B2.0B2.0B1.9B1.7B
Short-term Investments i-----
Accounts Receivable i540.0M669.7M758.3M728.9M511.6M
Inventory i-----
Other Current Assets126.0M347.6M115.9M80.6M79.6M
Total Current Assets i3.2B3.7B3.6B3.7B2.9B
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i28.8B30.4B29.6B29.2B24.6B
Goodwill i38.0B41.8B43.9B47.4B28.4B
Intangible Assets i14.5B16.5B18.0B20.7B13.8B
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets4.5B4.5B3.7B3.1B2.6B
Total Non-Current Assets i57.9B62.3B63.6B66.2B44.3B
Total Assets i61.1B66.0B67.2B69.9B47.2B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i240.8M258.7M218.6M272.4M139.1M
Short-term Debt i4.3B4.0B5.3B5.3B1.3B
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities-----
Total Current Liabilities i7.1B7.2B8.3B9.1B3.7B
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i39.7B43.2B41.7B46.7B35.4B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i1.3B1.4B1.5B1.8B859.5M
Other Non-Current Liabilities492.0M745.3M697.3M649.6M408.5M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i44.4B47.9B46.5B51.8B38.8B
Total Liabilities i51.4B55.2B54.8B60.8B42.5B
Equity
Common Stock i4.8M4.8M4.8M4.7M4.6M
Retained Earnings i-4.4B-3.6B-2.1B-1.1B-1.3B
Treasury Stock i1.3B1.3B1.3B1.3B1.3B
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i9.6B10.9B12.4B9.1B4.8B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i44.0B47.2B47.1B52.0B36.7B
Working Capital i-3.9B-3.5B-4.7B-5.3B-749.9M

Balance Sheet Composition

American Tower Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i2.3B1.4B1.7B2.6B1.7B
Depreciation & Amortization i2.1B3.1B3.4B2.3B1.9B
Stock-Based Compensation i203.6M195.7M169.3M119.5M120.8M
Working Capital Changes i-409.7M-599.9M-1.4B92.4M-506.2M
Operating Cash Flow i4.3B3.9B3.6B5.1B3.2B
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-1.6B-1.8B-1.9B-1.4B-1.0B
Acquisitions i2.0B-168.0M-549.0M-19.3B-3.8B
Investment Purchases i-00-25.0M0
Investment Sales i253.2M17.3M19.6M14.3M19.6M
Investing Cash Flow i410.6M-1.7B-2.4B-20.7B-4.8B
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i00-18.8M0-56.0M
Dividends Paid i-3.1B-2.9B-2.6B-2.3B-1.9B
Debt Issuance i10.5B5.7B1.3B14.1B9.9B
Debt Repayment i-12.4B-13.2B-9.6B-13.2B-13.9B
Financing Cash Flow i-5.5B-3.1B-1.5B16.3B1.1B
Free Cash Flow i3.7B2.9B1.8B3.4B2.8B
Net Change in Cash i-782.9M-897.8M-208.6M746.3M-479.5M

Cash Flow Trend

American Tower Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 38.70
Forward P/E 30.43
Price to Book 26.06
Price to Sales 9.43
PEG Ratio -0.65

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 12.60%
Operating Margin 45.66%
Return on Equity 24.28%
Return on Assets 4.54%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.61
Debt to Equity 431.47
Beta 0.83

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $5.34
Book Value per Share $7.93
Revenue per Share $21.94

Peer Financial Comparison

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Iron Mountain 27.0B654.00-55.54-79.54%0.64%-36.91
SBA Communications 23.7B27.03-4.94-14.83%32.25%-3.04

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.