American Tower Corp vs Atmos Energy Corporation — how do they compare? American Tower Corp trades at $169 (market cap $79.00B), while Atmos Energy Corporation trades at $168.76 (market cap $28.59B). The key difference: American Tower Corp is far larger — about 2.8× Atmos Energy Corporation's market cap, and American Tower Corp pays the higher dividend (4.12%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AMT | ATO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $79.00B | $28.59B |
Sector | Real Estate | Utilities |
52-Week High | $211.88 | $192.25 |
52-Week Low | $162.11 | $162.44 |
Enterprise Value | $122.53B | $38.40B |
Dividend Yield | 4.12% | 2.36% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
American Tower owns and operates more than 220,000 cell towers throughout the U.S., Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. It also owns and/or operates 25 data centers in eight U.S. markets after acquiring CoreSite. On its towers, the company has a very concentrated customer base, with most revenue in each market being generated by just the top few mobile carriers. The company operates more than 40,000 towers in the U.S., which accounted for more than half of its total revenue in 2021. Outside the U.S., American Tower's greatest presence is in India and Brazil, where it operates roughly 75,000 and 19,000 towers, respectively. American Tower operates as a real estate investment trust.
Read more on AMT →Atmos Energy is the largest publicly traded, fully regulated, pure-play natural gas utility in the United States, serving more than 3 million customers in Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. About two thirds of its earnings come from Texas, where it distributes natural gas in northern Texas and owns an intrastate gas pipeline spanning several key shale gas formations and interconnected with five storage facilities.
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