Who owns American Tower?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 95.6% of American Tower's shares, through 1,818 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (9.8%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.5%), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (6.0%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 95.6%
- Institutional holders
- 1,818
- The 10 largest hold
- 41.2%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.8%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 45,796,561 | 9.83% | 7.49B USD | +842,424 |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 30,437,771 | 6.53% | 4.98B USD | +75,391 |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 27,851,812 | 5.98% | 4.56B USD | +255,653 |
| 4 | State Street Corp | 22,066,202 | 4.73% | 3.65B USD | +631,593 |
| 5 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 13,838,970 | 2.97% | 2.26B USD | -94,658 |
| 6 | Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 13,777,789 | 2.96% | 2.25B USD | +1,157,923 |
| 7 | FMR LLC | 11,376,427 | 2.44% | 1.86B USD | +59,379 |
| 8 | Morgan Stanley | 9,610,971 | 2.06% | 1.57B USD | +27,048 |
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 8,853,450 | 1.90% | 1.49B USD | -6,274,917 |
| 10 | Lazard Asset Management LLC | 8,403,123 | 1.80% | 1.37B USD | +1,077,180 |
| 11 | Invesco Ltd. | 7,068,996 | 1.52% | 1.16B USD | -206,234 |
| 12 | Deutsche Bank Ag\ | 6,701,631 | 1.44% | 1.10B USD | -1,067,722 |
| 13 | Capital World Investors | 6,554,891 | 1.41% | 1.07B USD | +887,003 |
| 14 | Norges Bank | 6,366,685 | 1.37% | 1.04B USD | New position |
| 15 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5,875,655 | 1.26% | 961.16M USD | +64,614 |
| 16 | Principal Financial Group Inc | 5,742,438 | 1.23% | 939.30M USD | -172,153 |
| 17 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 5,607,388 | 1.20% | 917.20M USD | +367,100 |
| 18 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 5,607,388 | 1.20% | 917.20M USD | New position |
| 19 | Northern Trust Corp | 5,023,525 | 1.08% | 821.70M USD | -316,209 |
| 20 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 4,958,386 | 1.06% | 811.04M USD | +260,993 |
| 21 | Legal & General Group PLC | 4,853,850 | 1.04% | 793.94M USD | +27,929 |
| 22 | Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 4,603,218 | 0.99% | 752.95M USD | +407,240 |
| 23 | UBS AM | 4,526,261 | 0.97% | 740.36M USD | +186,767 |
| 24 | Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 4,211,298 | 0.90% | 688.84M USD | -563,055 |
| 25 | Amundi | 4,045,753 | 0.87% | 661.76M USD | +215,220 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 1,042 · 176 new
- Sold or cut
- 856 · 175 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +14.01M · 2.29B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 92.6% → 95.6%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Norges BankNew position
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Aqr Capital Management LLC+1,886,295
- Ontario Teachers Pension Plan BoardNew position
- Jane Street Group, LLC+1,461,888
Biggest sellers last quarter
- JPMorgan Chase & Co-6,274,917
- Nuveen, LLC-1,257,576
- Capital Research Global Investors-1,180,814
- Deutsche Bank Ag\-1,067,722
- Franklin Templeton Inc-925,182
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about American Tower's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings
