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American Tower (AMT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

American Tower's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at American Tower, up from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.09% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.05% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.06% (2021), against an average of 0.06%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -12bps in 2021 before it rose 3bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then fell by -16bps to 0.05% in 2022, then rose by 14bps to 0.05% in 2023, then surged by 54bps to 0.08% in 2024, then grew by 4bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AMT's Return on Capital Employed are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q4 2024), and 0.06% (Q1 2024).