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AMT · American Tower Corporation 7d old

conviction3
coverage tierT3-PRIMARY-COMPLETE
horizon12 months

Return distribution probability-weighted scenarios, never collapsed to a point

-10%25%
+10%53%
+30%22%
EV +9.40%
why these probabilities: All three legs built forward from the same per-share engine — attributable AFFO per share, the multiple it earns, plus the 4.09% dividend yield (7.16 annualised on 1.79/qtr) — off 174.86 at 2026-08-18. Anchor per-share figure: 2026 attributable AFFO outlook ~11.08 (10.99 at Q1 2026, AMT/AMT_2026Q1.json:26, raised 0.09 at Q2 2026, AMT/AMT_2026Q2.json:14), i.e. 15.8x today. BASE = WHAT THE MARKET EXPECTS, DELIVERED, and we anchor to consensus deliberately rather than build a competing forecast: consensus revenue growth of +4.0% for 2026 and +3.3% for 2027 (fmp:/stable/analyst-estimates?symbol=AMT&period=annual, 2026-08-19T07:44:33Z, rev dispersion 2.0% and 1.6%, n_rev 16 and 14). Company-guided 2026 AFFO/share growth is ~3% (AMT/AMT_2026Q2.json:14); the 400bp DISH churn drag is non-recurring, so 2027 AFFO/share grows ~6% to ~11.74 on the same organic pace. Hold the multiple flat at 15.8x AFFO → 185.5, +6.1% price, +4.1% dividend = +10.2%, carried as +10%. BULL = MATERIALLY FASTER GROWTH THAN THE MARKET EXPECTS. US organic tenant billings accelerate as the densification phase management has been describing since 2024 actually lands (AMT/AMT_2024Q3.json:23, AMT/AMT_2025Q3.json:52), the US build-to-suit pipeline converts on better economics (AMT/AMT_2026Q1.json:36), CoreSite leasing stays at the record pace flagged (AMT/AMT_2024Q3.json:34) and the 200-300bp cash margin expansion pat
not built — options-implied distribution on the same axis, with the KL number and where the disagreement sits
needs: desk-options implied bands (v1.4 Part 4a) — activates at 60% coverage; currently 33%

Visibility how far ahead this name can be seen

not built — visibility score
needs: visibility_score.py

Trust how much weight this name's own record can carry (credibility Z)

not built — credibility
needs: credibility.py

Sizing survival-first size (half-Kelly) vs the enforced ladder

kelly not computable — no data

Payout durability does the distribution survive a downturn?

PASS
DPS trajectoryprogressive
interest cover now4.79x
interest cover at FORWARD rates2.29x

Falsifiers what would prove this wrong

US organic tenant billings growth holds at or above the pace implied by the ~3% 2026 AFFO/share guide, i.e. the densification phase management has described since 2024 is actually converting
The 400bp AFFO headwind from DISH churn is genuinely non-recurring and no second material carrier churn event follows
Attributable AFFO per share guidance is maintained or raised from the ~11.08 level
Leverage stays at or below 5.0x net debt/EBITDA and the investment-grade rating is unchanged, so the rate channel stays a headwind to AFFO rather than a threat to the distribution
The dividend continues to rise, evidencing that AFFO cover (~11.08 AFFO vs ~7.16 DPS, ~65% payout) is being used to grow the distribution
The bull leg's multiple re-rating requires lower front-end rates; the thesis does not depend on it for the base case

Conflicts surfaced, never netted out (T4)


Our probability-weighted expectation is +9.4% over 12 months; the street's 209.75 consensus target implies +24.05% total return, with 40 of 50 covering analysts at buy or strong buy and a target range of 188-240. The dis
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Consensus 2026 EPS growth is +34.5% while the company's own attributable AFFO per share outlook implies ~3% y/y (AMT/AMT_2026Q2.json:14). Both are correct and they measure different things — GAAP EPS off a depreciation-h
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The estimates tape is EMPTY for AMT — eps_drift and rev_drift both return n_up 0, n_down 0, direction flat, median_move_pct null, velocity 0.0, and no outliers, over a 365-day window — on a name with 50 covering analysts
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Three of the four cross-check dimensions cannot be consulted at all: no options chain entry for AMT, no positioning desk, no technical desk. So the options-implied bear anchor is null and there is no market-priced distri
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Tier is T3-PRIMARY-COMPLETE: complete primary data, zero sell-side research. The valuation leg is the one that suffers — "cheap versus own history" is supported by the 52-week range and the AFFO multiple arithmetic, but
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The case against independent adversary, different model family (P6) weakened

Version history from the research record

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