Compare Stocks: CPK, LNT, ATO, and AVA

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ATO Atmos Energy	$158.07 +0.6%	$166.51	$154.72 ▼ $192.51	$26.71B	0.57	1.23 million shs	448,850 shs
AVA Avista	$35.16 -0.4%	$37.68	$34.46 ▼ $43.50	$2.94B	0.23	674,567 shs	421,810 shs
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$126.50 -0.7%	$132.44	$118.88 ▼ $140.83	$3.05B	0.65	161,934 shs	87,329 shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$64.30 0.0%	$67.98	$62.54 ▼ $78.81	$16.67B	0.52	2.50 million shs	1.71 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ATO Atmos Energy	0.00%	-0.01%	-6.11%	-9.64%	-7.60%
AVA Avista	0.00%	+0.34%	-5.78%	-13.17%	-4.62%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	0.00%	-1.33%	-4.00%	+4.50%	-6.87%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.00%	+1.15%	-5.36%	-16.00%	-3.70%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ATO Atmos Energy	$158.07 +0.6%	$166.51	$154.72 ▼ $192.51	$26.71B	0.57	1.23 million shs	448,850 shs
AVA Avista	$35.16 -0.4%	$37.68	$34.46 ▼ $43.50	$2.94B	0.23	674,567 shs	421,810 shs
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$126.50 -0.7%	$132.44	$118.88 ▼ $140.83	$3.05B	0.65	161,934 shs	87,329 shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$64.30 0.0%	$67.98	$62.54 ▼ $78.81	$16.67B	0.52	2.50 million shs	1.71 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ATO Atmos Energy	0.00%	-0.01%	-6.11%	-9.64%	-7.60%
AVA Avista	0.00%	+0.34%	-5.78%	-13.17%	-4.62%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	0.00%	-1.33%	-4.00%	+4.50%	-6.87%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.00%	+1.15%	-5.36%	-16.00%	-3.70%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ATO Atmos Energy	2.21	Hold	$183.58	16.14% Upside
AVA Avista	2.14	Hold	$39.25	11.63% Upside
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	2.67	Moderate Buy	$144.50	14.23% Upside
LNT Alliant Energy	2.64	Moderate Buy	$77.00	19.75% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CPK, LNT, ATO, and AVA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/1/2026	ATO Atmos Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold	$173.00 ➝ $167.00
9/30/2026	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Equal Weight	$134.00 ➝ $136.00
9/18/2026	ATO Atmos Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$190.00 ➝ $179.00
9/14/2026	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	Huntington Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$150.00
9/11/2026	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Outperform	$150.00
9/11/2026	ATO Atmos Energy	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$198.00 ➝ $180.00
9/11/2026	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy	$150.00
9/8/2026	AVA Avista	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/28/2026	ATO Atmos Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/27/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$80.00
8/21/2026	ATO Atmos Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$196.00 ➝ $190.00

(Data available from 10/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ATO Atmos Energy	$4.70B	5.68	$12.02 per share	13.15	$84.47 per share	1.87
AVA Avista	$1.96B	1.50	$6.10 per share	5.76	$33.29 per share	1.06
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$930M	3.28	$10.45 per share	12.11	$67.59 per share	1.87
LNT Alliant Energy	$4.36B	3.82	$6.51 per share	9.87	$28.53 per share	2.25

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ATO Atmos Energy	$1.20B	$8.41	18.82	17.49	2.55	28.50%	9.67%	4.67%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
AVA Avista	$193M	$2.77	12.69	13.02	3.34	11.83%	7.85%	2.57%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$140.30M	$6.27	20.18	17.14	N/A	15.12%	9.34%	3.73%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
LNT Alliant Energy	$810M	$3.16	20.35	17.47	2.71	18.45%	11.16%	3.31%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CPK, LNT, ATO, and AVA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$1.07	$1.05	-$0.02	$1.05	$198.91 million	$201.90 million
8/5/2026	Q3 2026	ATO Atmos Energy	$1.35	$1.43	+$0.08	$1.43	$900.82 million	$879.06 million
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	AVA Avista	$0.2294	$0.43	+$0.2006	$0.4179	$426.93 million	$413.00 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	LNT Alliant Energy	$0.5790	$0.65	+$0.0710	$0.65	$896.94 million	$971.00 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ATO Atmos Energy	$4.00	2.53%	+8.63%	47.56%	41 Years
AVA Avista	$1.97	5.60%	+3.88%	71.12%	23 Years
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$2.94	2.32%	+9.31%	46.89%	22 Years
LNT Alliant Energy	$2.14	3.33%	+5.96%	67.72%	22 Years

Latest CPK, LNT, ATO, and AVA Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	quarterly	$0.7350	2.27%	9/14/2026	9/14/2026	10/5/2026
8/4/2026	AVA Avista	quarterly	$0.4925	5.12%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	9/14/2026
8/5/2026	ATO Atmos Energy	quarterly	$1.00	2.38%	8/24/2026	8/24/2026	9/8/2026
7/16/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	quarterly	$0.5350	3.02%	7/31/2026	7/31/2026	8/17/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ATO Atmos Energy	0.64	0.81	0.73
AVA Avista	1.08	1.10	0.69
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	0.79	0.32	0.28
LNT Alliant Energy	1.41	0.47	0.35

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ATO Atmos Energy	90.17%
AVA Avista	85.24%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	83.11%
LNT Alliant Energy	79.90%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ATO Atmos Energy	0.43%
AVA Avista	0.78%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	1.36%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.26%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ATO Atmos Energy	5,487	168.99 million	168.26 million	Optionable
AVA Avista	1,929	83.75 million	83.10 million	Optionable
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	1,300	24.11 million	23.78 million	Optionable
LNT Alliant Energy	2,948	259.29 million	258.61 million	Optionable

CPK, LNT, ATO, and AVA Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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September 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

September 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Alliant Energy stock heads into the open after a modest gain

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy stock edges lower as utilities stay range-bound

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy stock edges lower ahead of the open

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) Rating Increased to Sell at Wall Street Zen

September 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 18, 2026 | zacks.com

Alliant Energy stock holds near lower end of 52-week range as data-center rate plan advances

September 17, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy stock heads into the open after a 1.4 percent drop

September 16, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy Corp. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors

September 15, 2026 | marketwatch.com

National Pension Service Raises Position in Alliant Energy Corporation $LNT

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

California State Teachers Retirement System Lowers Stock Holdings in Alliant Energy Corporation $LNT

September 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

September 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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CPK, LNT, ATO, and AVA Company Descriptions

Atmos Energy NYSE:ATO

$158.07 +0.90 (+0.58%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$158.05 -0.02 (-0.02%)

As of 04:01 PM Eastern

Atmos Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the regulated natural gas distribution, and pipeline and storage businesses in the United States. It operates through two segments, Distribution, and Pipeline and Storage. The Distribution segment is involved in the regulated natural gas distribution and related sales operations in eight states. This segment distributes natural gas to approximately 3.3 million residential, commercial, public authority, and industrial customers; and owned 73,689 miles of underground distribution and transmission mains. The Pipeline and Storage segment engages in the pipeline and storage operations. This segment transports natural gas for third parties and manages five underground storage facilities in Texas; provides ancillary services customary to the pipeline industry, including parking arrangements, lending, and inventory sales; and owned 5,645 miles of gas transmission lines. Atmos Energy Corporation was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Avista NYSE:AVA

$35.16 -0.15 (-0.42%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$35.14 -0.02 (-0.06%)

As of 04:01 PM Eastern

Avista Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company. It operates in two segments, Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho; and natural gas distribution services in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon, as well as generates electricity in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. This segment also engages in the supply of electricity to customers in Montana; and wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. The AEL&P segment offers electric services in Juneau, Alaska. The company generates electricity through hydroelectric, thermal, wind, and solar generation facilities. As of December 31, 2023, it supplied retail electric services to approximately 416,000 customers; and retail natural gas services to approximately 381,000 customers. The company also operates five hydroelectric generation facilities with capacity of 102.7 MW; and four diesel generating facilities with a capacity of 107.5 MW. It also engages in venture fund investments, real estate investments, and other investments. Avista Corporation was incorporated in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.

Chesapeake Utilities NYSE:CPK

$126.38 -1.01 (-0.79%)

As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation operates as an energy delivery company. The company operates through two segments, Regulated Energy and Unregulated Energy. The Regulated Energy segment natural gas distribution operations in central and southern Delaware, Maryland's eastern shore, and Florida; regulated natural gas transmission in the Delmarva Peninsula, Ohio, and Florida; and regulated electric distribution in northeast and northwest Florida. The Unregulated Energy segment engages in the propane operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida; unregulated natural gas transmission/supply operation in central and eastern Ohio; generation of electricity and steam; provision of compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and renewable natural gas transportation and pipeline solutions primarily to utilities and pipelines in the United States; and sustainable energy investments. This segment is also involved in the provision of other unregulated services, such as energy-related merchandise sale and heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and plumbing and electrical services. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

Alliant Energy NASDAQ:LNT

$64.30 -0.03 (-0.04%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$64.31 +0.01 (+0.01%)

As of 04:01 PM Eastern

Alliant Energy Corporation operates as a utility holding company that provides regulated electricity and natural gas services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations, and Utility Other. The company, through its subsidiary, Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), primarily generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Iowa; sells electricity to wholesale customers in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa; and generates and distributes steam in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Alliant Energy Corporation, through its other subsidiary, Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Wisconsin; and sells electricity to wholesale customers in Wisconsin. It serves retail customers in the farming, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, chemical, packaging, and food industries, as well as wholesale customers comprising municipalities and rural electric cooperatives. In addition, the company owns and operates a short-line rail freight service in Iowa; a Mississippi River barge, rail, and truck freight terminal in Illinois; freight brokerage services; wind turbine blade recycling services; and a rail-served warehouse in Iowa. Further, it holds interests in a natural gas-fired electric generating unit near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin; and a wind farm located in Oklahoma. The company was formerly known as Interstate Energy Corp. and changed its name to Alliant Energy Corporation in May 1999. Alliant Energy Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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