American Tower (AMT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

American Tower's (AMT) annual Operating Margin came in at 45.52% in FY2025, up 2.08% year-over-year from 44.6% in FY2024.

American Tower (AMT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

American Tower has disclosed Operating Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 45.52% for FY2025.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 45.27%, down 367.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 44.65% (down 84.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 45.52%, up 93.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 45.52% for FY2025 at American Tower, up from 44.6% in the prior year.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 45.52% in FY2025 to a low of 28.39% in FY2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 33.47% (2021), against an average of 36.64%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin tumbled 508 bps in 2022 and soared 1338 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • American Tower's Operating Margin stood at 33.47% in 2021, then decreased by 15 bps to 28.39% in 2022, then increased by 10 bps to 31.22% in 2023, then soared by 43 bps to 44.6% in 2024, then grew by 2 bps to 45.52% in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 45.52% (FY2025), 44.6% (FY2024), and 31.22% (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Yr)
1 Equinix 103.83 Bn 100.80 Bn 2.20 Bn -
2 American Tower 87.12 Bn 93.62 Bn 2.70 Bn -
3 Digital Realty Trust 63.57 Bn 62.73 Bn - -
4 Crown Castle 40.12 Bn 40.07 Bn 984.00 Mn -
5 Iron Mountain 37.76 Bn 37.79 Bn 1.05 Bn -
6 Sba Communications 21.58 Bn 21.67 Bn 532.10 Mn -
7 Weyerhaeuser 17.92 Bn 17.63 Bn 318.00 Mn -
8 Lamar Advertising 15.66 Bn 15.61 Bn 403.56 Mn 34.16%
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.45 Bn 13.85 Bn - -
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 45.52%
Dec 31, 2024 44.60%
Dec 31, 2023 31.22%
Dec 31, 2022 28.39%
Dec 31, 2021 33.47%
Dec 31, 2020 35.91%
Dec 31, 2019 35.47%
Dec 31, 2018 25.60%
Dec 31, 2017 29.99%
Dec 31, 2016 32.03%
Dec 31, 2015 33.80%
Dec 31, 2014 36.27%
Dec 31, 2013 1,633.95%
Dec 31, 2012 38.93%
Dec 31, 2011 1,604.50%
Dec 31, 2010 39.51%
Dec 31, 2009 38.99%