American Tower raises annual forecast on strong leasing demand, cloud adoption

April 28, 2026 8:35 AM EDT

April 28 (Reuters) - American Tower ‌on Tuesday ​raised ​its forecasts for full-year 2026 after posting strong first-quarter results, helped by strong leasing demand from ‌telecom firms, expanding mobile data consumption and cloud ⁠adoption.

U.S. wireless operators are ramping up infrastructure investments to expand network capacity ‌and meet the surging ‌demand for high-speed internet services.

"The structural growth drivers of our business continue to strengthen, with rising mobile data consumption, ​accelerating cloud adoption and the rapid expansion of AI-driven workloads all pointing toward sustained investment in high-quality ⁠digital infrastructure," said CEO Steve Vondran.

• American Tower, which operates and develops wireless and ​broadcast communications infrastructure, leases space to wireless service providers, along with radio and television broadcasters.

• ​The company posted revenue of $2.74 billion ‌for the quarter ended March 31, compared with analysts' estimate of $2.66 billion, according to data ⁠compiled by LSEG.

• American Tower EPS was $1.84, vs estimates of $1.60.

• It expects full-year total property revenue between $10.59 billion and $10.74 billion, up ⁠from its prior forecast of $10.44 billion to $10.59 billion.

• The company also expects ​adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) per share attributable to its common stockholders between $10.90 to $11.07, up from its prior view of $10.78 to $10.95

• The major ‌customers of American Tower include telecom giants AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, which together have contributed ‌a significant portion to its property segment in the past.

• ⁠Revenue from the property ‌segment, which includes the ​core site-leasing business, rose 7.3% to $2.67 billion in the quarter.

(Reporting by Arunesh Sinha; Editing by Shailesh ‌Kuber)



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