American Tower (AMT) Competitors $231.30 +1.12 (+0.49%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$231.50 +0.20 (+0.09%) As of 07:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock AMT vs. EQIX, SBAC, ARE, CCI, DLR, O, PLD, PSA, VICI, and VZShould you be buying American Tower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Tower include Equinix (EQIX), SBA Communications (SBAC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Crown Castle (CCI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Realty Income (O), Prologis (PLD), Public Storage (PSA), VICI Properties (VICI), and Verizon Communications (VZ). American Tower vs. Its Competitors Equinix SBA Communications Alexandria Real Estate Equities Crown Castle Digital Realty Trust Realty Income Prologis Public Storage VICI Properties Verizon Communications American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk. Do analysts prefer AMT or EQIX? American Tower presently has a consensus target price of $242.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $957.05, suggesting a potential upside of 21.22%. Given Equinix's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than American Tower.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score American Tower 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.11Equinix 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 20 Buy rating(s) 5 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.03 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AMT or EQIX? 92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, AMT or EQIX? American Tower has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer AMT or EQIX? In the previous week, American Tower had 4 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for American Tower and 36 mentions for Equinix. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Equinix's score of 0.96 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment American Tower 31 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Equinix 21 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is AMT or EQIX more profitable? American Tower has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Equinix's net margin of 10.48%. American Tower's return on equity of 30.20% beat Equinix's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets American Tower17.34% 30.20% 4.82% Equinix 10.48%6.96%2.66% Is AMT or EQIX a better dividend stock? American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American Tower pays out 174.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equinix pays out 195.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Tower has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Equinix has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. American Tower is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMT or EQIX? American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAmerican Tower$10.13B10.69$2.26B$3.8959.46Equinix$8.75B8.83$815M$9.6282.07 SummaryAmerican Tower beats Equinix on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get American Tower News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AMT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AMT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAmerican TowerREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$107.76B$8.61B$12.32B$21.15BDividend Yield2.95%5.66%5.53%3.58%P/E Ratio59.4640.5819.0627.76Price / Sales10.694.9726.0358.69Price / Cash19.8818.5421.8423.00Price / Book11.211.672.274.67Net Income$2.26B$128.99M$998.01M$993.85M7 Day Performance3.60%1.57%0.79%1.16%1 Month Performance3.23%1.09%3.81%4.99%1 Year Performance10.43%-5.69%541.45%12.54% American Tower Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AMTAmerican Tower3.98 of 5 stars$231.30+0.5%$242.31+4.8%+9.9%$107.76B$10.13B59.464,691Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastEQIXEquinix4.8426 of 5 stars$789.23+1.5%$957.05+21.3%-0.8%$77.25B$8.85B82.0913,606Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastSBACSBA Communications4.5682 of 5 stars$234.70+0.3%$255.31+8.8%+14.3%$25.22B$2.68B32.191,720Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAREAlexandria Real Estate Equities3.9702 of 5 stars$78.45+0.4%$99.54+26.9%-31.6%$13.57B$3.12B103.23590Earnings ReportCCICrown Castle4.6678 of 5 stars$106.39+1.2%$113.38+6.6%+5.4%$46.33B$6.52B-9.893,900Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap UpDLRDigital Realty Trust4.3873 of 5 stars$177.42-0.3%$187.16+5.5%+15.6%$59.75B$5.55B165.803,936Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastORealty Income3.4902 of 5 stars$56.40-0.1%$61.15+8.4%+0.7%$50.95B$5.27B51.29400Positive NewsPLDPrologis4.7441 of 5 stars$107.96+1.1%$120.47+11.6%-12.4%$100.18B$8.20B29.262,703Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPSAPublic Storage4.7429 of 5 stars$284.75+0.2%$337.64+18.6%-4.0%$49.95B$4.70B28.285,900Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastVICIVICI Properties4.3889 of 5 stars$32.84-0.2%$35.38+7.7%+9.9%$34.71B$3.85B13.1420Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastVZVerizon Communications4.832 of 5 stars$42.65+4.4%$47.00+10.2%+10.2%$179.84B$134.79B10.1699,600Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Equinix Competitors SBA Communications Competitors Alexandria Real Estate Equities Competitors Crown Castle Competitors Digital Realty Trust Competitors Realty Income Competitors Prologis Competitors Public Storage Competitors VICI Properties Competitors Verizon Communications Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AMT) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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