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American Tower AMT Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.7B+6.8%
Operating income$1.2B-1.2%
Net income$878.5M+76.2%
EPS (diluted)$1.84+76.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.6B-23.5%
Total debt$13.9B+34.7%
Total equity$3.5B-0.3%
Total assets$63.2B+1.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.4B+8.2%
CapEx$449.5M+35.8%
Free cash flow$951.1M-1.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$82.02B-20.9%
Enterprise value$94.36B-15.6%
P/E27.3×-28.6×
P/S7.6×-2.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin99.5%
Operating margin44.7%-0.8pp
Net margin27.8%+9.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity85.3%+36.3pp
Debt / equity+1.0×
Current ratio0.3×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from American Tower’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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

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Questions, answered.

What is American Tower's return on assets?
American Tower (AMT) reported return on assets of 4.8% in Q1 2026.
How has American Tower's return on assets changed year-over-year?
American Tower's return on assets increased by 66.5% year-over-year, from 2.9% to 4.8%.
What is the long-term trend for American Tower's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), American Tower's return on assets has grown at a 3.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.8% to 4.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.