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American Tower Ownership Summary

American Tower is owned by 90.45% institutional investors, 0.14% insiders, and 9.41% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.41% of AMT shares. Vanguard Real Estate Index Investor is the top mutual fund, with 3.85% of its assets in American Tower shares.

AMT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	American Tower	90.45%	0.14%	9.41%
Sector	Real Estate Stocks	66.63%	8.14%	25.23%
Industry	Specialty REIT Stocks	82.49%	3.14%	14.37%
Idea	5G Stocks List	74.28%	7.79%	17.93%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	62.54M	13.41%	$12.16B
Blackrock	38.11M	8.17%	$7.41B
State street	20.54M	4.40%	$4.02B
Cohen & steers	17.74M	3.80%	$3.45B
Wellington management group llp	11.83M	2.54%	$2.30B
Geode capital management	11.01M	2.36%	$2.13B
Morgan stanley	9.28M	1.99%	$1.80B
Principal financial group	8.78M	1.88%	$1.71B
Fmr	8.49M	1.82%	$1.65B
Deutsche bank ag\	7.68M	1.65%	$1.49B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Foresight group ltd liability partnership	146.92K	20.77%	$134.02B
Heard capital	1.01M	12.02%	$197.04M
Akre capital management	6.13M	10.49%	$1.19B
Avenir	502.11K	9.48%	$97.60M
Patrizia pty	27.94K	8.55%	$5.43M
Clearbridge investments	1.44M	8.19%	$280.44M
Cohen & steers	17.74M	7.23%	$3.45B
Broad run investment management	270.52K	7.20%	$52.58M
Vert asset management	92.27K	7.15%	$17.94M
American assets capital advisers	109.82K	6.76%	$21.35M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.85M	0.17%	5.85M
Ameriprise financial	6.40M	0.34%	1.89M
Blackrock	38.11M	0.17%	1.70M
Ubs asset management americas	3.89M	0.22%	1.49M
Morgan stanley	9.28M	0.14%	1.09M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	11.83M	0.41%	-3.54M
Brown advisory	224.35K	0.06%	-2.55M
Apg asset management	-	-	-893.66K
Resolution capital	-	-	-733.85K
1832 asset management	1.31M	0.21%	-673.65K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.85M	0.17%	5.85M	$1.14B
Marshall wace, llp	461.74K	0.12%	461.74K	$89.75M
Artisan partners limited partnership	285.36K	0.08%	285.36K	$55.47M
Kodai capital management lp	242.91K	0.90%	242.91K	$47.22M
Junto capital management lp	196.16K	0.78%	196.16K	$38.13M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Pacific capital wealth advisors	-1.00
Cypress capital	-2.00
Main street group	-4.00
Planned solutions	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2024	1,853	3.75%	422,593,704	-1.84%	90	1.06%	871	5.19%	690	-2.54%
Jun 30, 2024	1,755	-2.23%	429,779,694	1.08%	92	1.11%	810	-8.37%	699	7.21%
Mar 31, 2024	1,795	-1.48%	425,191,325	-1.71%	91	1.06%	884	-1.45%	652	-9.07%
Dec 31, 2023	1,822	9.23%	432,598,295	3.43%	92	1.15%	897	16.64%	717	10.65%
Sep 30, 2023	1,668	-3.02%	418,241,289	-0.71%	89	1.10%	769	-5.18%	648	0.47%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Real Estate Index Investor	18.01M	3.85%	19.23K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	14.66M	3.14%	-28.55K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	12.65M	2.71%	96.02K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	5.85M	1.25%	44.00K
Fidelity 500 Index	5.77M	1.24%	39.22K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	5.49M	1.17%	3.85K
Akre Focus Instl	5.27M	1.13%	-
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	4.83M	1.03%	-22.11K
Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv	4.15M	0.89%	-549.86K
Cohen & Steers Instl Realty Shares	3.94M	0.84%	780.15K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jan 16, 2025	Smith Rodney M	EVP, CFO & Treasurer	Sell	$413.25K
Jan 16, 2025	Smith Rodney M	EVP, CFO & Treasurer	Sell	$2.59M
Sep 13, 2024	Goel Sanjay	EVP & President, Asia-Pacific	Sell	$1.19M
Sep 10, 2024	Noel Eugene M	EVP & President, U.S. Tower	Sell	$7.95M
Sep 03, 2024	Puech Olivier	EVP & President, LatAm & EMEA	Sell	$4.37M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	15
2024 Q2	-	2
2024 Q1	-	13
2023 Q4	-	3

AMT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns American Tower?

American Tower shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 90.45%, followed by 0.14% insiders and 9.41% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in American Tower's industry, Specialty REIT Stocks , is 82.49%, which American Tower exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of American Tower?

American Tower’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (62.54M shares, 13.41%), Blackrock (38.11M shares, 8.17%), and State street (20.54M shares, 4.40%). Together, they hold 25.98% of American Tower’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own American Tower?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.17% of American Tower, totaling 38.11M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.17% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 7.41B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 1.7M shares, a 4.68% change.

Who is American Tower’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Foresight group ltd liability partnership is American Tower’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 20.77% of its assets in 146.92K American Tower shares, valued at 134.02B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of American Tower shares?

Vanguard Real Estate Index Investor is the top mutual fund holder of American Tower shares, with 3.85% of its total shares outstanding invested in 18.01M American Tower shares.

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