8-K filed Oct 27, 2026
American Tower authorizes $315M for stock buybacks
“Allocated $315 million to share repurchases, and subsequent to quarter end, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $2.0 billion for future repurchases”
From American Tower’s 8-K filed Oct 27, 2026 · read the filing · all documents
How big is it?
American Tower bought back $203M of stock in the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026. At that pace, $315M covers about 1.6 years of buybacks.
The amount equals 8% of its free cash flow over the same twelve months ($4.0B).
Its diluted share count is down 0.5% from a year earlier.
An authorization is permission, not a promise: the company can buy less, more slowly, or not at all, and usually doesn't have to say when it buys.
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q3 '23 | $0 |
| Q4 '23 | $0 |
| Q1 '24 | $0 |
| Q2 '24 | $0 |
| Q3 '24 | $0 |
| Q4 '24 | $0 |
| Q1 '25 | $0 |
| Q2 '25 | $0 |
| Q3 '25 | $0 |
| Q4 '25 | $0 |
| Q1 '26 | $176.2M |
| Q2 '26 | $26.7M |