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AMT American Tower Corporation — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates

NYSE· Quarterly dividend· Common Stock · Real Estate / REIT - Specialty

$185.88 ▲ $2.13(1.16%) as of Oct 30, 2026 06:20 UTC
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American Tower Corporation is one of the largest global real estate investment trusts. It is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate. The Company's primary business is the leasing of space on communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies, wireless data providers, government agencies and municipalities and tenants in a few other industries. The Company refers to this business, inclusive of its data center business discussed below, as its property operations. Additionally, the Company offers tower-related services in the United States, which the Company refers to as its services operations. These services include site application, zoning and permitting, structural and mount analyses, and construction management services, together with program management offerings that support customer deployment needs from project scoping through construction. The Company's services operations primarily support the Company's site leasing business, including through the addition of new tenants and equipment on its sites. The Company's customers include its tenants, licensees and other payers. American Tower Corporation was incorporated in 1995 in Delaware and is based in Massachusetts, Boston.

Dividend Snapshot

StatusGrowing
Last Dividend$1.7900Paid Oct 20, 2026
Forward Annual$7.16From the $1.7900 dividend declared Sep 17, 2026
FrequencyQuarterly
Last Ex-DateSep 30, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
1-Yr Growth4.9%Annual totals, 2024–2025
10-Yr Growth14.2%Annual totals, 2015–2025

Research Scores

Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.

Dividend Safety Score

84/100

Very strong indicators

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Dividend Growth Score

92/100

Very strong growth record

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Dividend Value Score

72/100

Below own historical valuation

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DividendRank

83/100

Top fifth of the scale

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How the Dividend Safety Score is built for AMT
Dividend Safety Score inputs, points and weights
InputValuePointsWeight
Operating cash flow payout ratioOperating cash flow payout ratio 56% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 100 35%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / EBITDA 6.5x (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 64 20%
Interest coverageInterest coverage, EBITDA basis 6.4x (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 75 15%
Dividend record14 years of uninterrupted regular payments 75 20%
Operating cash flow stabilityOperating cash flow positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2021–FY2025) 100 10%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: real estate investment trust. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

How the Dividend Growth Score is built for AMT
Dividend Growth Score inputs, points and weights
InputValuePointsWeight
5-year dividend growth5-year dividend CAGR 8.5% (2020–2025) 92 25%
Consecutive annual increases13 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) 84 20%
Payout headroomHeadroom from the operating cash flow payout ratio 56% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 100 20%
Operating cash flow per share growth (3 years)Operating cash flow per share CAGR 13.4% (FY2022–FY2025) 100 15%
Revenue growth (3 years)Revenue CAGR 3.3% (FY2022–FY2025) 69 10%
10-year dividend growth10-year dividend CAGR 14.2% (2015–2025) 100 10%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: real estate investment trust. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

How the Dividend Value Score is built for AMT
Dividend Value Score inputs, points and weights
InputValuePointsWeight
Yield vs own historyCurrent yield at the 91st percentile of its 120 month-end yields 91 40%
P/OCF vs own 5-year medianP/OCF 15.3 is 0.71x its 5-year median of 21.4 88 25%
Operating cash flow yieldOperating cash flow yield 6.7% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 47 20%
P/OCF vs peersP/OCF 15.3 vs peer median 12.6 (1.21x; 112 reit / Real Estate securities) 29 15%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: real estate investment trust. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

Key Metrics

Current Yield

3.85%

At the Oct 30, 2026 price

The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.

Annualized Dividend

$7.1600

Declared Sep 17, 2026

The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.

Frequency

Q Quarterly

How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.

RSI (14)

60

As of Oct 30, 2026

Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.

52-Week Range

$161.06 – $194.12

Closes through Oct 23, 2026

The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.

Payout Ratio (TTM)

95.71% (EPS-based)

12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 FY2026)

The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.

Years Paying

14

How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.

Price / Book (TTM)

23.68

Price as of Oct 25, 2026; latest reported book value

Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.

S.A.F.E. Dividend Read

S.A.F.E. is a set of four checks on a dividend's record and the company's data, the same test used across the screener and our ranked lists. Solid: a Dividend Safety Score of 70+ and a yield of 2%+. Accelerating: at least three consecutive completed calendar years of higher total regular dividends. Flawless: since 1990, no calendar year whose total regular dividend fell more than 20% below the year before, and no suspension. Enduring: at least 20 years between the first and latest dividend in our records. All four met earns the S.A.F.E. flag.
S Solid
Meets the Solid check: Dividend Safety Score 84/100 and yield 3.85%.
A Accelerating
13 consecutive years of dividend increases.
F Flawless
No calendar year's regular dividend total fell more than 20% below the year before, and no suspension of the regular dividend is on record.
E Enduring
14 year(s) of payments on record, under the 20 this check looks for.

Quote & Key Data

ExchangeNYSEThe stock exchange where the shares trade, such as NYSE or Nasdaq.
Volume8,852,784Oct 23, 2026 sessionHow many shares changed hands in the trading session dated beside this figure, a rough read on trading activity. Daily bars are refreshed on a slower cycle than the quoted price, so this session can be older than the price above.
Open$200.72Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe price at the start of the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Day Range$185.44 – $202.50Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe lowest and highest price during the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Prev Close$181.57Close of Oct 22, 2026The closing price from the session before the one dated beside these figures.
Market Cap$86.22BAs of Oct 30, 2026The company's total market value (share price times shares outstanding) on the date shown.
Shares Out463.85MImplied by market cap, Oct 30, 2026Shares outstanding implied by the market cap and share price on the date shown.
EPS (TTM)$7.2512 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 FY2026)Earnings per share over the trailing twelve months (TTM), labeled with the end date of the latest reported quarter and shown in the company's reporting currency. Dividends are paid out of these earnings.
P/E (TTM)26.0Price as of Oct 25, 2026; earnings to Jun 30, 2026Price-to-earnings ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by trailing-twelve-month earnings per share. A rough gauge of how richly the stock is valued.
Last Ex-DateSep 30, 2026Paid Oct 20, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
Next Ex-DateN/ANone declared yetThe ex-dividend date of the next payment the company has declared, or that is scheduled when no declaration is on file. Future dates our data provider only projects are not shown.

Dividend Growth

3-Yr Growth (CAGR)5.1%Annual totals, 2022–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
5-Yr Growth (CAGR)8.5%Annual totals, 2020–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
Consecutive Increases13 yrsAnnual totals through 2025The number of consecutive years the dividend has increased.

How often a record like this ends in a cut

Years the payout rose13Since Dec 2011
Rank among payers861of 2,430 with a record
Years it fell over 20%0in 13 comparable years
Of peers with 10 to 24 up years75%also cut at some point

AMT has raised its annual dividend in 13 separate years since December 2011, which ranks 861 among the 2,430 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. No year in that span saw the annual total fall by more than a fifth.

Of the 878 companies we track with 10 to 24 years of increases, 661 — 75 per cent — also have at least one year in which the dividend fell by more than 20 per cent. Across every company with twenty years of comparable history, only 277 of 1078 (26 per cent) have never cut. A long record of increases is common; a record with no cut anywhere in it is not.

Measured from annual totals using split-adjusted amounts, comparing only consecutive years with the same number of payments — a stock split and a payment shifting across a year boundary both look like cuts otherwise. The current year is excluded as incomplete. How we measure a cut, and what the corrections change. Figures are for information only, not a view on any security.

Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)

AMT's dividend yield fell from 4.14% to 3.85% over the past ~90 days (-0.29 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.29 pp from the share price ($173.00 on Aug 03, 2026 → $185.88 on Oct 30, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.

Yield vs Its Own History

Current3.85%
1-Yr Average3.97%
Low / High3.50% – 4.45%
Percentile37%

Across 272 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), AMT's current yield is higher than approximately 37% of them. Our stored price history for AMT covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.

Adjusted Price History

Dividend History

Dividend Payment History

Ex-dividend calendar →
Amount Type Declared Ex-Date Record Pay
$1.7900 Q Regular Sep 17, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Oct 20, 2026
$1.7900 I Regular May 21, 2026 Jun 12, 2026 Jun 12, 2026 Jul 13, 2026
$1.7900 Q Regular Mar 05, 2026 Apr 14, 2026 Apr 14, 2026 Apr 28, 2026
$1.7000 Q Regular Dec 04, 2025 Dec 29, 2025 Dec 29, 2025 Feb 02, 2026
$1.7000 Q Regular Sep 18, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Oct 20, 2025
$1.7000 I Regular May 15, 2025 Jun 13, 2025 Jun 13, 2025 Jul 11, 2025
$1.7000 Q Regular Mar 06, 2025 Apr 11, 2025 Apr 11, 2025 Apr 28, 2025
$1.6200 I Regular Dec 05, 2024 Dec 27, 2024 Dec 27, 2024 Feb 03, 2025
$1.6200 Q Regular Sep 12, 2024 Oct 09, 2024 Oct 09, 2024 Oct 25, 2024
$1.6200 Q Regular May 23, 2024 Jun 14, 2024 Jun 14, 2024 Jul 12, 2024
$1.6200 Q Regular Mar 14, 2024 Apr 11, 2024 Apr 12, 2024 Apr 26, 2024
$1.7000 Q Regular Dec 14, 2023 Dec 27, 2023 Dec 28, 2023 Feb 01, 2024
$1.6200 Q Regular Sep 20, 2023 Oct 10, 2023 Oct 11, 2023 Oct 27, 2023
$1.5700 Q Regular May 25, 2023 Jun 15, 2023 Jun 16, 2023 Jul 10, 2023
$1.5600 Q Regular Mar 09, 2023 Apr 13, 2023 Apr 14, 2023 Apr 28, 2023
$1.5600 Q Regular Dec 08, 2022 Dec 27, 2022 Dec 28, 2022 Feb 02, 2023
$1.4700 Q Regular Sep 22, 2022 Oct 07, 2022 Oct 11, 2022 Oct 26, 2022
$1.4300 Q Regular May 19, 2022 Jun 16, 2022 Jun 17, 2022 Jul 08, 2022
$1.4000 Q Regular Mar 11, 2022 Apr 12, 2022 Apr 13, 2022 Apr 29, 2022
$1.3900 Q Regular Dec 16, 2021 Dec 23, 2021 Dec 27, 2021 Jan 14, 2022
$1.3100 Q Regular Sep 16, 2021 Sep 27, 2021 Sep 28, 2021 Oct 15, 2021
$1.2700 Q Regular May 27, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 Jun 18, 2021 Jul 09, 2021
$1.2400 Q Regular Mar 04, 2021 Apr 12, 2021 Apr 13, 2021 Apr 29, 2021
$1.2100 Q Regular Dec 03, 2020 Dec 24, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 Feb 02, 2021
$1.1400 Q Regular Sep 10, 2020 Sep 25, 2020 Sep 28, 2020 Oct 16, 2020
$1.1000 Q Regular May 19, 2020 Jun 18, 2020 Jun 19, 2020 Jul 10, 2020
$1.0800 Q Regular Mar 13, 2020 Apr 13, 2020 Apr 14, 2020 Apr 29, 2020
$1.0100 Q Regular Dec 12, 2019 Dec 26, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 Jan 14, 2020
$0.9500 Q Regular Sep 24, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 Sep 27, 2019 Oct 17, 2019
$0.9200 Q Regular May 22, 2019 Jun 18, 2019 Jun 19, 2019 Jul 12, 2019
$0.9000 Q Regular Mar 07, 2019 Apr 10, 2019 Apr 11, 2019 Apr 26, 2019
$0.8400 Q Regular Dec 04, 2018 Dec 26, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Jan 14, 2019
$0.7900 Q Regular Sep 06, 2018 Sep 27, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 17, 2018
$0.7700 Q Regular May 24, 2018 Jun 18, 2018 Jun 19, 2018 Jul 13, 2018
$0.7500 Q Regular Mar 08, 2018 Apr 10, 2018 Apr 11, 2018 Apr 27, 2018
$0.7000 Q Regular Dec 06, 2017 Dec 27, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 Jan 16, 2018
$0.6600 Q Regular Sep 11, 2017 Sep 28, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 Oct 17, 2017
$0.6400 Q Regular Jun 02, 2017 Jun 15, 2017 Jun 19, 2017 Jul 14, 2017
$0.6200 Q Regular Mar 10, 2017 Apr 10, 2017 Apr 12, 2017 Apr 28, 2017
$0.5800 Q Regular Dec 15, 2016 Dec 23, 2016 Dec 28, 2016 Jan 13, 2017
$0.5500 Q Regular Sep 21, 2016 Sep 28, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 Oct 17, 2016
$0.5300 Q Regular Jun 03, 2016 Jun 15, 2016 Jun 17, 2016 Jul 15, 2016
$0.5100 Q Regular Mar 10, 2016 Apr 08, 2016 Apr 12, 2016 Apr 28, 2016
$0.4900 Q Regular Dec 04, 2015 Dec 14, 2015 Dec 16, 2015 Jan 13, 2016
$0.4600 Q Regular Sep 11, 2015 Sep 21, 2015 Sep 23, 2015 Oct 07, 2015
$0.4400 Q Regular May 22, 2015 Jun 15, 2015 Jun 17, 2015 Jul 16, 2015
$0.4200 Q Regular Mar 06, 2015 Apr 08, 2015 Apr 10, 2015 Apr 28, 2015
$0.3800 Q Regular Dec 03, 2014 Dec 12, 2014 Dec 16, 2014 Jan 13, 2015
$0.3600 Q Regular Sep 11, 2014 Sep 19, 2014 Sep 23, 2014 Oct 07, 2014
$0.3400 Q Regular May 21, 2014 Jun 13, 2014 Jun 17, 2014 Jul 16, 2014
$0.3200 Q Regular Mar 07, 2014 Apr 08, 2014 Apr 10, 2014 Apr 25, 2014
$0.2900 Q Regular Dec 05, 2013 Dec 12, 2013 Dec 16, 2013 Dec 31, 2013
$0.2800 Q Regular Sep 13, 2013 Sep 19, 2013 Sep 23, 2013 Oct 07, 2013
$0.2700 Q Regular May 23, 2013 Jun 13, 2013 Jun 17, 2013 Jul 16, 2013
$0.2600 Q Regular Mar 13, 2013 Apr 08, 2013 Apr 10, 2013 Apr 25, 2013
$0.2400 Q Regular Dec 07, 2012 Dec 13, 2012 Dec 17, 2012 Dec 31, 2012
$0.2300 Q Regular Sep 20, 2012 Sep 27, 2012 Oct 01, 2012 Oct 15, 2012
$0.2200 Q Regular Jun 21, 2012 Jun 28, 2012 Jul 02, 2012 Jul 18, 2012
$0.2100 S Regular Mar 23, 2012 Apr 09, 2012 Apr 11, 2012 Apr 25, 2012
$0.3500 S Regular Nov 29, 2011 Dec 08, 2011 Dec 12, 2011 Dec 23, 2011

Peer Comparison

Selected REIT - Specialty dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.

TickerNameYield5-Yr GrowthStreakRank
VICI VICI Properties Inc. 7.50% 7.1% 7 yrs 82
EQIX Equinix, Inc. 1.99% 12.0% 10 yrs 79
SBAC SBA Communications Corporation 2.70% 19.0% 5 yrs 72
EPR EPR Properties 6.38% 18.4% 3 yrs 66

AMT dividend — frequently asked questions

Does American Tower Corporation pay a dividend?

Yes. American Tower Corporation (AMT) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $7.16 per share, a yield of approximately 3.85%.

What is American Tower Corporation's dividend yield?

American Tower Corporation's dividend yield is approximately 3.85%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.

How often does American Tower Corporation pay dividends?

American Tower Corporation pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.

How long has American Tower Corporation paid dividends?

American Tower Corporation has 14 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Data updated Oct 30, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.