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American Tower (AMT) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

American Tower (AMT) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.53% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 15.0% to 0.53% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.53% through Dec 2025, up 15.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.39% for FY2025, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.53% in Q4 2025 for American Tower, down from 0.56% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.56% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.19% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.33% across 5 years, with a median of 0.3% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: decreased -29bps in 2021 and later rose 24bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.27% in 2021, then decreased by -25bps to 0.2% in 2022, then rose by 21bps to 0.25% in 2023, then surged by 57bps to 0.39% in 2024, then soared by 38bps to 0.53% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for AMT at 0.53% in Q4 2025, 0.56% in Q3 2025, and 0.38% in Q2 2025.