American Tower Corp (AMT): stock score 31/100

American Tower Corp (AMT) scores 31 out of 100 (below average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.

AMT scores 31.3 out of 100 (below average), down 6.2 points from last week. No component raises it much. Its news tone weighs on it most (-7.7 points: average FinBERT sentiment -0.029 over 13 articles). Our research found no proven record of these factors predicting returns.

How the score is built

Trend: 38/100 (-2.3 points)

1. Price is +5.2% vs its 100-day average → higher than 57% of the comparison group → 57
2. 12-1 month momentum -8.6% → higher than 20% of the comparison group → 20
3. Average of the two → trend score 38.4

Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.

Stability: 25/100 (-5.0 points)

1. Forecast 27.6% vs normal 25.6% → ratio 1.08
2. Ratio is higher than 75% of the comparison group → 100 minus 75 → stability 24.7 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)

A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.

Fundamentals: 31/100 (-3.8 points)

1. Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +5.7% → higher than 28% of the comparison group → 28
2. Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: -1.5 pp → higher than 15% of the comparison group → 15
3. Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -0.1 pp → higher than 49% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 49
4. Average of available items → fundamentals score 31.0

Not yet tested in our research.

Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)

1. VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
2. Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
3. Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
4. Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
5. Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)

Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.

News tone: 12/100 (-7.7 points)

1. Average FinBERT sentiment -0.029 over 13 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone -0.021
2. Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 11.7

Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.

AMT score history (weekly)

Real estate stocks compared

• SPG: 45/100
• AMT: 31/100

Questions

What is American Tower Corp's (AMT) Quantooo score today?

AMT scores 31 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, below average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 93rd of 99 overall and 2nd of 2 in Real estate. It was 37 a week earlier.

What raises and lowers AMT's score?

Market backdrop adds the most (51/100, +0.2 points) and news tone weighs on it most (12/100, -7.7 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.

Is AMT stock volatile right now?

Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 27.6% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 25.6% for AMT: bumpier than usual for this stock. Its stability score is 25/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.

How are American Tower Corp's fundamentals changing?

Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +5.7%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: -1.5 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -0.1 pp. Fundamentals score: 31/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-07-28 (period to 2026-06-30).

Does the score predict AMT's share price?

No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.

Sector: Real estate. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.