American Tower AMT
NYSE AMT
$163.66 -3.74 (-2.23%)
At close: Sep 30, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

American Tower (AMT) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2024)

Updated

American Tower's FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.75 for Q2 2024, down 19.0% from 0.92 a year earlier and down 17.4% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

American Tower (AMT) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2024, American Tower reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.89, down 24.2% year-over-year; for FY2023, it was 1.01, down 30.1% from FY2022.

  • Going back by year, FCF Payout Ratio was 1.44 in FY2022 (+118.8%), 0.66 in FY2021 (-2.5%), 0.68 in FY2020 (+16.6%) and 0.58 in FY2019 (+24.4%).
  • The Q2 2024 figure represents the lowest quarterly FCF Payout Ratio since Q3 2021.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 15.0% over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in FCF Payout Ratio over five years came in Q3 2022 (growth of 334.0%), and the weakest in Q3 2021 (a decline of 52.4%).
  • Business Quant data shows AMT's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.90 (Q1 2024), 1.22 (Q4 2023) and 0.80 (Q3 2023) in the three quarters before Q2 2024.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 American Tower 76.26 Bn 75.99 Bn 2.72 Bn -
2 Digital Realty Trust 64.98 Bn 55.50 Bn - -
3 Crown Castle 28.39 Bn 27.14 Bn 989.00 Mn 0.97
4 Sba Communications 16.99 Bn 17.07 Bn 539.27 Mn -
5 Lamar Advertising 12.56 Bn 12.38 Bn 422.53 Mn 0.78
6 OUTFRONT Media 4.89 Bn 4.65 Bn 276.40 Mn -
7 Array Digital Infrastructure 2.92 Bn 1.81 Bn 30.57 Mn -
8 IHS Holding 2.80 Bn -57.74 Mn 207.10 Mn -
9 Fermi 2.69 Bn 1.82 Bn - -
10 Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings 1.20 Bn 488.27 Mn 241.86 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2024 0.75
Mar 31, 2024 0.90
Dec 31, 2023 1.22
Sep 30, 2023 0.80
Jun 30, 2023 0.92
Mar 31, 2023 1.21
Dec 31, 2022 1.30
Sep 30, 2022 1.41
Jun 30, 2022 1.17
Mar 31, 2022 2.31
Dec 31, 2021 2.73
Sep 30, 2021 0.32
Jun 30, 2021 0.82
Mar 31, 2021 0.71
Dec 31, 2020 0.66
Sep 30, 2020 0.68
Jun 30, 2020 0.62
Mar 31, 2020 0.78
Dec 31, 2019 0.58
Sep 30, 2019 0.60
API Access

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