American Tower Corp vs Gilead Sciences, Inc. — how do they compare? American Tower Corp trades at $169.49 (market cap $79.00B), while Gilead Sciences, Inc. trades at $135.5 (market cap $168.35B). The key difference: Gilead Sciences, Inc. is far larger — about 2.1× American Tower Corp's market cap, and American Tower Corp pays the higher dividend (4.12%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AMT | GILD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $79.00B | $168.35B |
Sector | Real Estate | Health |
52-Week High | $211.88 | $155.80 |
52-Week Low | $162.11 | $110.56 |
Enterprise Value | $122.53B | $191.42B |
Dividend Yield | 4.12% | 2.42% |
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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 →Gilead Sciences develops and markets therapies to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, with the core of its portfolio focused on HIV and hepatitis B and C. The acquisitions of Corus Pharma, Myogen, CV Therapeutics, Arresto Biosciences, and Calistoga have broadened this focus to include pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Gilead's acquisition of Pharmasset brought rights to hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which is also part of combination drug Harvoni, and the Kite, Forty Seven, and Immunomedics acquisitions boost Gilead's exposure to cell therapy and noncell therapy in oncology.
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