American Tower Corp saw a welcome improvement to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating on Wednesday, rising from 80 to 88.
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Now is not an ideal time to jump in since it isn't near a proper buy zone, but see if the stock is able to establish and enter a buying range in heavy volume. Remember, the previous two patterns ultimately failed. Since it did not undercut the low of the previous cup with handle, technically, a pivot point could be $269.14.
The company showed 4% earnings growth last quarter, while sales growth came in at 0%.
The company holds the No. 1 rank among its peers in the Finance-Property REITs industry group.
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