American Tower Corp. /ma/ AMT
281 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.
Each USD of equity produced 75 cents of profit this year.
USD 3.2B in dividends and USD 337.8M in buybacks — 134% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
The share count grew 5% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.
Net debt stands at 979% of equity.
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
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