American Tower Corporation (AMT)

65.75 -0.10  -0.15%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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AMT Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 19.95 Nov 20 2008
Maximum 67.77 May 15 2012
Average 43.73

About Total Return Price

Total return price is a theoretical price that helps investors look at their returns over time, accounting for both price appreciation and dividends received rather than price alone. It is the best way to calculate the actual returns on a stock over a period of time.

YCharts' total return price assumes that all dividends were reinvested and that no taxes were collected on dividend payments. This follows Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) methodology.

When calculating the return on an investment, an investor should look both at the changes in the value of the stock price as well as the gains from dividend payments. For example, if you buy a stock for $10, its price appreciates to $15 and it pays a $1 dividend, and you sell it, you have made $5 from the change in price and $1 from dividends. This $6 increase is your total gain, and your total return is 60%.

The total return price helps you to look backward to determine an equivalent price that you would have paid to get the same returns from a stock that paid no dividends (also adjusted for splits). Let's look at the previous example again.

Assumptions:
Price paid (1/1/01): $10.00
Closing price (12/30/01): $15.00
Dividend Paid (12/31/01): $1.00
Closing Price (12/31/01): $15.00

Your total returns for the year: $6.00 or 60%

Calculating Total Return Price:

12/31/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $15.00
The most recent total return price is always equal to the current price.

12/30/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $14.00 = $15.00 x (1-$1/$15.00)
The $1 dividend was 1/15 of the value of the stock, so if you could have received the dividend immediately after buying the stock on 12/30/01, you could have paid $14 for the stock and had a stock worth $15 because of the dividend that was paid.

1/1/01:
Actual Price: $10.00
Total Return Price: $9.33 = $10 x (1-$1/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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AMT News

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about 2 days ago by gregnb
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about 2 days ago by NakedSwanTrading
clode last of $AMT June 67.5 Calls at 60c
about 2 days ago by harmongreg
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about 3 days ago by Jack25bc
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about 3 days ago by Jack25bc
$AMT ww again
about 5 days ago by TrendHunter
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about 5 days ago by antichartjunk
sold 10% more of initial $AMT June 67.5 calls at 70c, to ensure profits
about 6 days ago by harmongreg
Climb on American Tower Via a Long Call
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$AMT hit especially hard in yesterday&#39;s red sea, an odd fall several days after the earnings report.
about 9 days ago by GasparOP
sold 1/2 $AMT Call Calendars at 1.10 for a double
about 11 days ago by harmongreg
Bullish signals sent to American Tower
May 16, 5:10AM optionMONSTER
$AMT http://stks.co/3qYF Nice follow thru so far after earnings and strong RS
about 11 days ago by redman59
$PCLN http://stks.co/3qPG May 15th Chart Recap - $PCLN $CMG $V $TZA $TLT $AMT $VSI - twitter: @gregnb
about 12 days ago by gregnb
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about 12 days ago by antichartjunk
$AMT,$T,$VZ ~ super relative strength in this market.
about 13 days ago by Liquid_Trader
$AMT - Trade Signal-New: BTO @ 67.62-Limit and 63.10-Stop on the Wkly Bar w/.5N @ Risk - http://chart.ly/ycetimd
about 13 days ago by TraderFoxxx
$AMT http://stks.co/3nqz LONG - Entry: 68.21 - could be poised to break out to new highs needs some time. keep on your radar
about 14 days ago by gregnb
@StockTwits $AMT $CHL wireless / cellular will continue to expand, basically a tech consumer staple. use TA to pick entries / adds
about 17 days ago by TrendHunter
$AMT still acting right
about 18 days ago by TrendHunter
$CSTR $KOG $AAPL $AMT these are all quality stocks, dont be afraid to buy when everyone is running for the door and sales are on!
about 18 days ago by traderjon
$AMT Time to lock in profits, I think.
about 18 days ago by GasparOP
$AMT Insider Sale: $4M of stock sold by Taiclet James D Jr on May 7, 2012 http://stks.co/3jSU
about 19 days ago by MarketBrief
$AMT resilient
about 20 days ago by TrendHunter
$KOG $AAPL $AMT $CSTR $FFN scared to log in to my Scottrade account today...
about 23 days ago by traderjon
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