American Tower (AMT) financial statements
American Tower reported revenue of $10.6B in fiscal 2025, up 7.0% a year over 9 years.
Net income was $2.5B and the operating margin 45.5%, against 32.0% in 2016.
Free cash flow was $3.8B, and the company returned $3.2B in dividends and $365M in net buybacks.
The diluted share count rose 9% over the period (dilution).
Revenue and free cash flow
Fiscal years, $ billions.
Income statement
Fiscal years, from American Tower's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.8B | $6.7B | $491M | $527M | $8.0B | $9.4B | $9.6B | $10.0B | $10.1B | $10.6B |
| Cost of revenue | $28M | $35M | $49M | $43M | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gross profit | $5.8B | $6.6B | $442M | $484M | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Selling, general and admin | $543M | $637M | $733M | $730M | $779M | $812M | $902M | $946M | $933M | $941M |
| Operating income | $1.9B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $2.7B | $2.9B | $3.1B | $2.7B | $3.1B | $4.5B | $4.8B |
| Interest expense | — | $750M | $826M | $814M | $794M | $871M | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.4B |
| Pre-tax income | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $2.8B | $2.1B | $1.5B | $3.6B | $3.0B |
| Income tax | $156M | $31M | -$110M | -$200,000 | $130M | $262M | $113M | $91M | $366M | $416M |
| Net income | $956M | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.9B | $1.7B | $2.6B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $2.3B | $2.5B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.98 | $2.67 | $2.77 | $4.24 | $3.79 | $5.66 | $3.82 | $3.18 | $4.82 | $5.40 |
| Diluted shares | 429M | 432M | 443M | 446M | 446M | 453M | 463M | 467M | 468M | 469M |
| Gross margin | 99.5% | 99.5% | 90.0% | 91.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 30.0% | 387.7% | 509.9% | 35.9% | 33.5% | 28.4% | 31.2% | 44.6% | 45.5% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 18.6% | 251.7% | 358.1% | 21.0% | 27.4% | 18.3% | 14.8% | 22.3% | 23.8% |
Balance sheet
Fiscal years, from American Tower's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $791M | $803M | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.9B | $1.5B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $1.5B |
| Receivables | $308M | $514M | $459M | $462M | $512M | $729M | $758M | $548M | $540M | $650M |
| Total current assets | $1.7B | $2.0B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $2.9B | $3.7B | $3.6B | $3.7B | $3.2B | $2.7B |
| Property, plant and equipment | $10.5B | $11.1B | $11.2B | $12.1B | $12.8B | $19.8B | $20.0B | $18.9B | $19.1B | $20.4B |
| Goodwill | $5.1B | $5.6B | $5.5B | $6.2B | $7.3B | $13.4B | $12.1B | $12.1B | $11.8B | $12.3B |
| Total assets | $30.9B | $33.2B | $33.0B | $42.8B | $47.2B | $69.9B | $67.2B | $66.0B | $61.1B | $63.2B |
| Total current liabilities | $1.6B | $2.5B | $4.7B | $5.5B | $3.7B | $9.1B | $8.3B | $7.2B | $7.1B | $6.9B |
| Long-term debt | $18.3B | $19.4B | $18.4B | $21.1B | $28.5B | $38.7B | $34.2B | $35.7B | $32.8B | $33.8B |
| Total liabilities | $22.8B | $25.3B | $26.1B | $36.2B | $42.5B | $60.8B | $54.8B | $55.2B | $51.4B | $52.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.8B | $6.2B | $5.3B | $5.1B | $4.1B | $5.1B | $5.6B | $4.2B | $3.4B | $3.7B |
| Net debt | $17.7B | $19.4B | $20.0B | $22.6B | $27.5B | $41.3B | $37.1B | $37.0B | $34.5B | $35.7B |
Cash flow
Fiscal years, from American Tower's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.7B | $2.9B | $3.7B | $3.8B | $3.9B | $4.8B | $3.7B | $4.7B | $5.3B | $5.5B |
| Capital spending | $682M | $804M | $913M | $991M | $1.0B | $1.4B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Free cash flow | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.8B | $2.8B | $2.8B | $3.4B | $1.8B | $2.9B | $3.7B | $3.8B |
| Stock-based compensation | $90M | $108M | $138M | $111M | $121M | $120M | $169M | $196M | $204M | $174M |
| Dividends paid | $886M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $2.3B | $2.6B | $2.9B | $3.0B | $3.2B |
| Share buybacks (net) | $0 | -$766M | -$233M | -$20M | -$56M | $0 | -$19M | $0 | $0 | -$365M |
| Net borrowing | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow margin | 34.9% | 31.8% | 577.1% | 523.8% | 35.4% | 36.8% | 18.9% | 29.2% | 36.5% | 35.5% |
| Dividends per share | $2.06 | $2.49 | $2.99 | $3.60 | $4.32 | $5.01 | $5.68 | $6.31 | $6.47 | $6.79 |
Questions
What was American Tower's revenue in 2025?
$10.6B in fiscal 2025, from its 10-K filing.
How much free cash flow does American Tower generate?
$3.8B in fiscal 2025 (operating cash flow minus capital spending).
From American Tower's annual reports filed with the SEC (XBRL data), standardised by Investingly. Information only, not investment advice.