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American Tower (AMT) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

American Tower (AMT) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.12% as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 17.0% to 0.12% in Q2 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.12% through Jun 2025, down 13.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.1% for FY2024, 9.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.12% in Q2 2025 for American Tower, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.33% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.48% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.07% across 5 years, with a median of 0.09% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: crashed -45bps in 2022 and later grew 30bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.18% in 2021, then crashed by -249bps to 0.27% in 2022, then surged by 111bps to 0.03% in 2023, then plummeted by -418bps to 0.1% in 2024, then fell by -22bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for AMT at 0.12% in Q2 2025, 0.11% in Q1 2025, and 0.1% in Q4 2024.