What is American Tower's asset retirement obligations?

American Tower (AMT) reported asset retirement obligations of $2.53B in Q2 2026.

What does asset retirement obligations mean?

Estimated costs to dismantle, remove, and restore assets at the end of their useful lives — nuclear decommissioning, mine reclamation, oil well plugging.

American Tower AMT Asset retirement obligations

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$152.6M+8.3%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.7B+4.7%

Operating income$1.3B+5.9%

Net income$887.5M+133%

EPS (diluted)$1.86+138%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.8B-15.1%

Total debt$45.0B+348%

Total equity$3.7B+0.2%

Total assets$63.3B-0.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.5B+16.0%

CapEx$320.9M+5.4%

Free cash flow$1.2B+19.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$83.53B-14.5%

Enterprise value$126.76B+19.9%

P/E23.8×-49.8×

P/S7.6×-1.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin99.5%—

Operating margin44.8%-0.7pp

Net margin32.1%+19.2pp

FCF margin36.2%-0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity94.6%+59.5pp

Debt / equity12.1×+9.4×

Current ratio0.4×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Tower in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:AssetRetirementObligation.

The official record: American Tower’s 10-Q, filed July 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is American Tower's asset retirement obligations?: American Tower (AMT) reported asset retirement obligations of $2.53B in Q2 2026.
What does asset retirement obligations mean?: Estimated costs to dismantle, remove, and restore assets at the end of their useful lives — nuclear decommissioning, mine reclamation, oil well plugging.