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American Tower
Telecom Tower REITs · Real Estate · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$174.49
+1.3% on the session
1-year return
-10.8%
-4.7% over six months
Volatility
26.2%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-20.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

American Tower is a telecom tower reits name in the real estate sector. Over the past year it returned -10.8%, against -3.7% over three months and +6.8% over one. It sits 0.5% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is genuinely undecided. Annualized volatility of 26.2% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -20.5%, and it has traded a median $513M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.07 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Real Estate#26 of 30
Stronger than 14% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#380 of 500

How AMT scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 2 others in Telecom Tower REITs.

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Full metrics
1 day+1.3%
1 week+2.4%
1 month+6.8%
3 months-3.7%
6 months-4.7%
1 year-10.8%
12-1 momentum-16.5%
Volatility (1y, annualized)26.2%
Max drawdown (1y)-20.5%
Distance vs 200-day average-0.5%
Return per unit of risk-0.41
Median daily dollar volume$513M
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