AMT Stock Price History and Quote Analysis: Insights for Investors

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AMT shares is 2361, representing 94.44% of the company's common stock.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AMT by -4.79% restricting it's holding to 3.13 million shares of worth nearly $618.49M. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. also lessened -9.96% of the AMT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 3.52 million shares of worth $695.84M. CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS also shunned AMT shares holding by -1.19% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.38 million shares worth $866.32M.

As per its latest 13F filing, JPMORGAN CHASE & CO increased its stake in AMT by 31.71% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 3.15 million shares having worth more than $623.26M. CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC also added 0.52% more shares of AMT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 3.4 million shares of worth $672.29M. FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC also increased its AMT shares holding by 400.59% which brought its holding to 4.01 million shares worth $791.56M.

The insider with the most stakes in AMT is Sharma Amit , Spl. Adv. to CEO & Chm. APAC at the company. Additionally, AMT stock is highly held by EVP, Chief Admin Ofr, GC & Sec DiSanto Edmund and EVP, CFO & Treasurer Smith Rodney M among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.13% percent of American Tower Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 10 transaction(s) in which AMT insiders have sold stock, totaling 91.81K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include GOEL SANJAY, NOEL EUGENE M, and PUECH OLIVIER.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which American Tower Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 314.72K American Tower Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.13% of AMT stock.

AMT Spl. Adv. to CEO & Chm. APAC, Sharma Amit holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AMT shares owned by Sharma total nearly 235.8 thousand.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP is the largest institutional owner in AMT which holds 3.13 million shares worth $618.49M or 0.67% of the total AMT shares outstanding followed by JPMORGAN CHASE & CO with ownership of 3.15 million shares representing 0.68% of the AMT ownership. CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 3.4 million shares or 0.73% of the ownership worth more than $672.29M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AMT is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AMT shares short is 3.61M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 467.08M shares of AMT are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AMT has 465.82M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AMT is 1.62.