American Tower Asset Retirement Obligation increased by 0.1% to $2.52B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 2.9%, from $2.45B to $2.52B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Asset Retirement Obligation shows an upward trend with a 9.8% CAGR.
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other_asset_retirement_obligation| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $1.89B | $1.93B | $2.00B | $2.06B | $2.03B | $2.01B | $2.05B | $2.09B | $2.12B | $2.11B | $2.16B | $2.61B | $2.56B | $2.50B | $2.39B | $2.45B | $2.53B | $2.54B | $2.51B | $2.52B |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.9% | +3.8% | +3.0% | -1.6% | -1.0% | +1.9% | +2.3% | +1.4% | -0.5% | +2.1% | +20.8% | -1.7% | -2.3% | -4.4% | +2.2% | +3.3% | +0.6% | -1.1% | +0.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +7.2% | +4.1% | +2.2% | +1.5% | +4.6% | +5.1% | +5.4% | +24.5% | +20.7% | +18.5% | +10.9% | -6.2% | -1.5% | +1.5% | +5.0% | +2.9% |