NYSE$AMT
American Tower Corp · Q3 2024 earnings
Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
American Tower's financial performance reflected a mix of challenges and opportunities, with strategic portfolio adjustments and strong data center leasing offsetting revenue impacts from discontinued operations and foreign currency fluctuations.
American Tower Corporation reported a slight increase in total revenue, but a significant decrease in net income due to a loss on the sale of its India operations. Adjusted AFFO per share increased, driven by demand for communications infrastructure and data center services.
- Total revenue grew slightly, while property revenue decreased marginally.
- Net loss was reported due to a significant loss from discontinued operations related to the sale of ATC India.
- Adjusted EBITDA decreased slightly, but AFFO attributable to common stockholders increased.
- CoreSite data center business experienced strong leasing activity and is on pace for its third consecutive year of record sales.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
American Tower · Revenue · Quarterly
$2.52B
Revenue by segment
American Tower · $2.52B total across 6 segments · Q3 2023
- U.S. & Canada Property$1.33B+5.2%52.6%
- Latin America Property$460M+9.5%18.3%
- Africa & APAC Property$294M-3.0%11.7%
- Data Centers$212M+9.3%8.4%
- Europe Property$200M+8.7%7.9%
- Services$26.2M-57.7%1.0%
Forward guidance
American Tower provided full year 2024 outlook raising the midpoints for total property revenue and Adjusted EBITDA while reducing the midpoints for Net Income and AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders.
Tailwinds
- Raising the midpoints of its full year 2024 outlook for total property revenue by $15 million.
- Raising the midpoints of its full year 2024 outlook for Adjusted EBITDA by $5 million.
- Excluding the impacts associated with the updated closing timing, the Company is raising its AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders midpoint by $25 million.
- Excluding the impacts associated with the updated closing timing, the Company is raising its AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders per Share midpoints by $0.05.
- The Company is raising its AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders and AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders per Share
Headwinds
- Reducing the midpoints of its full year 2024 outlook for Net Income by $1,238 million, primarily due to a recorded loss on the sale of ATC TIPL of $1.2 billion.
- Reducing the midpoints of its full year 2024 outlook for Net income attributable to AMT common stockholders by $1,253 million, primarily due to a recorded loss on the sale of ATC TIPL of $1.2 billion.
- Reducing the midpoints of its full year 2024 outlook for AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders by $30 million due to the closing timing for the sale of ATC India.
- Reducing the midpoints of its full year 2024 outlook for AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders per Share by $0.07, due to the closing timing for the sale of ATC India.
- Outlook reflects estimated negative impacts of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations to total property revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and AFFO attributable to AMT common stockholders of approximately $25 million, $20 million and $17 million, respectively, relative to the Company’s prior 2024 outlook.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024
+0.2%
Avg return
Earnings day
+0.4%
Avg return
5 days after
+1.9%
Avg return
30 days after
51%
37 / 73 earnings
Positive
+6.2%
Q3 2023
Best reaction
-6.9%
Q2 2011
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | +1.8% | +3.6% | +5.3% | |
| Q4 2025 | +0.7% | +1.0% | -11.1% | |
| Q3 2025 | -3.7% | -5.7% | -4.5% | |
| Q2 2025 | -4.2% | -5.4% | -9.7% | |
| Q1 2025 | +4.7% | +5.8% | +1.1% | |
| Q4 2024 | +6.1% | +7.1% | +11.5% | |
| Q3 2024 | -3.9% | -4.9% | -5.8% | |
| Q2 2024 | +2.5% | +9.2% | +4.0% | |
| Q1 2024 | +1.1% | +3.9% | +9.0% | |
| Q4 2023 | +3.2% | +7.5% | +5.3% | |
| Q3 2023 | +6.2% | +10.0% | +23.1% | |
| Q2 2023 | -0.5% | +0.7% | -6.6% | |
| Q1 2023 | +1.9% | -1.1% | -9.7% | |
| Q4 2022 | -1.8% | -0.6% | +0.2% | |
| Q3 2022 | +4.0% | +5.6% | +11.8% | |
| Q2 2022 | +4.9% | +3.2% | +1.1% | |
| Q1 2022 | -1.0% | -7.0% | +2.4% | |
| Q4 2021 | +2.7% | +0.5% | +5.8% | |
| Q3 2021 | -1.2% | -1.0% | -7.9% | |
| Q2 2021 | -0.8% | -0.2% | +0.2% | |
| Q1 2021 | +1.1% | -1.2% | +1.4% | |
| Q4 2020 | -3.8% | -7.1% | +6.2% | |
| Q3 2020 | -0.2% | +1.8% | +1.7% | |
| Q2 2020 | -3.6% | -4.1% | -8.0% | |
| Q1 2020 | -2.3% | -2.8% | +6.0% | |
| Q4 2019 | -1.0% | -7.5% | -9.3% | |
| Q3 2019 | -0.8% | -5.2% | -1.5% | |
| Q2 2019 | +1.3% | +2.5% | +10.3% | |
| Q1 2019 | -0.3% | -0.6% | +8.3% | |
| Q4 2018 | +1.2% | +3.3% | +13.2% | |
| Q3 2018 | +2.0% | -0.5% | +6.5% | |
| Q2 2018 | +5.2% | +5.8% | +4.4% | |
| Q1 2018 | +0.1% | +1.8% | +1.5% | |
| Q4 2017 | -2.4% | -6.1% | +1.8% | |
| Q3 2017 | -1.4% | -0.5% | +0.7% | |
| Q2 2017 | +0.3% | -1.4% | +4.6% | |
| Q1 2017 | +2.5% | +4.2% | +6.8% | |
| Q4 2016 | +1.7% | +2.5% | +7.2% | |
| Q3 2016 | +0.4% | -0.4% | -7.2% | |
| Q2 2016 | -1.6% | -0.7% | -3.7% | |
| Q1 2016 | +1.3% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +3.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | +1.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | -1.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | -0.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | +2.6% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | +2.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | +4.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | -2.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | -1.2% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -0.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | +5.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | +1.6% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | -0.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +0.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | +1.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | +0.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -6.9% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +1.1% | — | — | |
| Q4 2007 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | -0.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2009 | -4.9% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -0.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2008 | +1.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2009 | +1.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2008 | -3.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2008 | -3.7% | — | — | |
| Q2 2009 | -3.7% | — | — |
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