American Tower dividendWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
Yes. American Tower pays 1.79 USD a share every quarter: 7.16 USD a year at the current rate, a dividend yield of 3.74% at today's price of 191.24.
- Annual dividend
- 7.16 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 3.74%
- Payout ratio (FFO)What is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
- 60.20%
- Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.
- 14
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last payment
- 1.79 USD
- Last ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- 30 Sept 2026
- Last payment date
- 20 Oct 2026
- Next ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- Not declared yet
- Dividend growth, 5 years (a year)
- 9.2%
- Dividend growth, 10 years (a year)
- 14.7%
- First dividend
- 8 Dec 2011
Dividends by year
| Ex-dividend date | Dividend | Record date | Pay date | Declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2026 | 1.79 USD | 30 Sept 2026 | 20 Oct 2026 | 17 Sept 2026 |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 1.79 USD | 12 Jun 2026 | 13 Jul 2026 | 21 May 2026 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | 1.79 USD | 14 Apr 2026 | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 Mar 2026 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | 1.70 USD | 29 Dec 2025 | 2 Feb 2026 | 4 Dec 2025 |
| 30 Sept 2025 | 1.70 USD | 30 Sept 2025 | 20 Oct 2025 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| 13 Jun 2025 | 1.70 USD | 13 Jun 2025 | 11 Jul 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
| 11 Apr 2025 | 1.70 USD | 11 Apr 2025 | 28 Apr 2025 | 6 Mar 2025 |
| 27 Dec 2024 | 1.62 USD | 27 Dec 2024 | 3 Feb 2025 | 5 Dec 2024 |
| 9 Oct 2024 | 1.62 USD | 9 Oct 2024 | 25 Oct 2024 | 12 Sept 2024 |
| 14 Jun 2024 | 1.62 USD | 14 Jun 2024 | 12 Jul 2024 | 23 May 2024 |
| 11 Apr 2024 | 1.62 USD | 12 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2024 | 14 Mar 2024 |
| 27 Dec 2023 | 1.70 USD | 28 Dec 2023 | 1 Feb 2024 | 14 Dec 2023 |
| 10 Oct 2023 | 1.62 USD | 11 Oct 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | 20 Sept 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 1.57 USD | 16 Jun 2023 | 10 Jul 2023 | 25 May 2023 |
| 13 Apr 2023 | 1.56 USD | 14 Apr 2023 | 28 Apr 2023 | 9 Mar 2023 |
| 27 Dec 2022 | 1.56 USD | 28 Dec 2022 | 2 Feb 2023 | 8 Dec 2022 |
| 7 Oct 2022 | 1.47 USD | 11 Oct 2022 | 26 Oct 2022 | 22 Sept 2022 |
| 16 Jun 2022 | 1.43 USD | 17 Jun 2022 | 8 Jul 2022 | 19 May 2022 |
| 12 Apr 2022 | 1.40 USD | 13 Apr 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | 11 Mar 2022 |
| 23 Dec 2021 | 1.39 USD | 27 Dec 2021 | 14 Jan 2022 | 16 Dec 2021 |
| 27 Sept 2021 | 1.31 USD | 28 Sept 2021 | 15 Oct 2021 | 16 Sept 2021 |
| 17 Jun 2021 | 1.27 USD | 18 Jun 2021 | 9 Jul 2021 | 27 May 2021 |
| 12 Apr 2021 | 1.24 USD | 13 Apr 2021 | 29 Apr 2021 | 4 Mar 2021 |
| 24 Dec 2020 | 1.21 USD | 28 Dec 2020 | 2 Feb 2021 | 3 Dec 2020 |
| 25 Sept 2020 | 1.14 USD | 28 Sept 2020 | 16 Oct 2020 | 10 Sept 2020 |
| 18 Jun 2020 | 1.10 USD | 19 Jun 2020 | 10 Jul 2020 | 19 May 2020 |
| 13 Apr 2020 | 1.08 USD | 14 Apr 2020 | 29 Apr 2020 | 13 Mar 2020 |
| 26 Dec 2019 | 1.01 USD | 27 Dec 2019 | 14 Jan 2020 | 12 Dec 2019 |
| 26 Sept 2019 | 0.95 USD | 27 Sept 2019 | 17 Oct 2019 | 24 Sept 2019 |
| 18 Jun 2019 | 0.92 USD | 19 Jun 2019 | 12 Jul 2019 | 22 May 2019 |
| 10 Apr 2019 | 0.90 USD | 11 Apr 2019 | 26 Apr 2019 | 7 Mar 2019 |
| 26 Dec 2018 | 0.84 USD | 27 Dec 2018 | 14 Jan 2019 | 4 Dec 2018 |
| 27 Sept 2018 | 0.79 USD | 28 Sept 2018 | 17 Oct 2018 | 6 Sept 2018 |
| 18 Jun 2018 | 0.77 USD | 19 Jun 2018 | 13 Jul 2018 | 24 May 2018 |
| 10 Apr 2018 | 0.75 USD | 11 Apr 2018 | 27 Apr 2018 | 8 Mar 2018 |
| 27 Dec 2017 | 0.70 USD | 28 Dec 2017 | 16 Jan 2018 | 6 Dec 2017 |
| 28 Sept 2017 | 0.66 USD | 29 Sept 2017 | 17 Oct 2017 | 11 Sept 2017 |
| 15 Jun 2017 | 0.64 USD | 19 Jun 2017 | 14 Jul 2017 | 2 Jun 2017 |
| 10 Apr 2017 | 0.62 USD | 12 Apr 2017 | 28 Apr 2017 | 10 Mar 2017 |
| 23 Dec 2016 | 0.58 USD | 28 Dec 2016 | 13 Jan 2017 | 15 Dec 2016 |
| 28 Sept 2016 | 0.55 USD | 30 Sept 2016 | 17 Oct 2016 | 21 Sept 2016 |
| 15 Jun 2016 | 0.53 USD | 17 Jun 2016 | 15 Jul 2016 | 3 Jun 2016 |
| 8 Apr 2016 | 0.51 USD | 12 Apr 2016 | 28 Apr 2016 | 10 Mar 2016 |
| 14 Dec 2015 | 0.49 USD | 16 Dec 2015 | 13 Jan 2016 | 4 Dec 2015 |
| 21 Sept 2015 | 0.46 USD | 23 Sept 2015 | 7 Oct 2015 | 11 Sept 2015 |
| 15 Jun 2015 | 0.44 USD | 17 Jun 2015 | 16 Jul 2015 | 22 May 2015 |
| 8 Apr 2015 | 0.42 USD | 10 Apr 2015 | 28 Apr 2015 | 6 Mar 2015 |
| 12 Dec 2014 | 0.38 USD | 16 Dec 2014 | 13 Jan 2015 | 3 Dec 2014 |
| 19 Sept 2014 | 0.36 USD | 23 Sept 2014 | 7 Oct 2014 | 11 Sept 2014 |
| 13 Jun 2014 | 0.34 USD | 17 Jun 2014 | 16 Jul 2014 | 21 May 2014 |
| 8 Apr 2014 | 0.32 USD | 10 Apr 2014 | 25 Apr 2014 | 7 Mar 2014 |
| 12 Dec 2013 | 0.29 USD | 16 Dec 2013 | 31 Dec 2013 | 5 Dec 2013 |
| 19 Sept 2013 | 0.28 USD | 23 Sept 2013 | 7 Oct 2013 | 13 Sept 2013 |
| 13 Jun 2013 | 0.27 USD | 17 Jun 2013 | 16 Jul 2013 | 23 May 2013 |
| 8 Apr 2013 | 0.26 USD | 10 Apr 2013 | 25 Apr 2013 | 13 Mar 2013 |
| 13 Dec 2012 | 0.24 USD | 17 Dec 2012 | 31 Dec 2012 | 7 Dec 2012 |
| 27 Sept 2012 | 0.23 USD | 1 Oct 2012 | 15 Oct 2012 | 20 Sept 2012 |
| 28 Jun 2012 | 0.22 USD | 2 Jul 2012 | 18 Jul 2012 | 21 Jun 2012 |
| 9 Apr 2012 | 0.21 USD | 11 Apr 2012 | 25 Apr 2012 | 23 Mar 2012 |
| 8 Dec 2011 | 0.35 USD | 12 Dec 2011 | 23 Dec 2011 | 29 Nov 2011 |
Each calendar year's dividends by payment date, per share and adjusted for stock splits, against the year before.
Is the dividend covered?What is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
Each fiscal year's diluted EPS and free cash flow a share against the dividends paid a share (the cash flow statement's dividends over the diluted share count). When they are well above the dividend, it is paid with room to spare.
Is the dividend yield high or low for this stock?Is the dividend yield high or low for this stock? Today's dividend yield against every daily yield of the stock's last 5 years: near its high, the dividend is cheap to buy; near its low, it is expensive.
The dividend yield of 3.74% is above its 5-year median of 3.38% (range 1.86% to 4.44%).
The yearly dividend (the latest times the payments a year) over each day's close, five years. A yield near its low usually means the price has risen faster than the dividend.
See also:Dividend yield,Stock buybacks,Financials
Common questions about American Tower's dividend
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings
