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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	$165.58 -1.0%	$157.38	$128.12 ▼ $168.86	$26.58B	0.69	967,107 shs	263,439 shs
CNP CenterPoint Energy	$37.69 -0.9%	$37.21	$26.32 ▼ $39.39	$24.61B	0.58	5.25 million shs	3.34 million shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$66.20 -1.1%	$63.37	$56.08 ▼ $67.11	$17.01B	0.53	1.99 million shs	864,134 shs
NI NiSource	$42.69 -0.6%	$41.02	$32.53 ▼ $43.51	$20.10B	0.53	4.46 million shs	1.81 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%	+1.73%	+7.04%	+6.84%	+29.17%
CNP CenterPoint Energy	0.00%	-0.04%	-0.88%	+1.17%	+42.08%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.00%	+3.64%	+3.13%	+8.51%	+15.41%
NI NiSource	0.00%	+2.30%	+1.63%	+9.96%	+31.50%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ATO Atmos Energy	4.3071 of 5 stars	2.3	2.0	4.2	1.0	4.3	1.7	1.9
CNP CenterPoint Energy	3.8957 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	3.3	1.4	3.7	1.7	1.3
LNT Alliant Energy	3.8904 of 5 stars	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.6	3.7	1.7	1.3
NI NiSource	4.1387 of 5 stars	1.5	3.0	4.2	1.8	4.2	2.5	1.3

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ATO Atmos Energy	2.50	Moderate Buy	$158.27	-4.42% Downside
CNP CenterPoint Energy	2.36	Hold	$37.38	-0.84% Downside
LNT Alliant Energy	2.30	Hold	$65.50	-1.06% Downside
NI NiSource	2.90	Moderate Buy	$42.56	-0.31% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NI, LNT, ATO, and CNP Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$68.00 ➝ $70.00
8/11/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$66.00 ➝ $68.00
8/11/2025	NI NiSource	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/8/2025	ATO Atmos Energy	LADENBURG THALM/SH SH Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$171.00 ➝ $163.00
8/4/2025	NI NiSource	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$42.00 ➝ $44.00
7/30/2025	ATO Atmos Energy	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$146.00 ➝ $159.00
7/29/2025	CNP CenterPoint Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$38.00 ➝ $39.00
7/25/2025	CNP CenterPoint Energy	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$40.00 ➝ $42.00
7/25/2025	CNP CenterPoint Energy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$38.00 ➝ $39.00
7/22/2025	CNP CenterPoint Energy	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$36.00 ➝ $39.00
7/15/2025	CNP CenterPoint Energy	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$39.00 ➝ $40.00

(Data available from 8/25/2022 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	$4.17B	6.38	$10.82 per share	15.31	$78.32 per share	2.11
CNP CenterPoint Energy	$8.98B	2.74	$3.77 per share	10.00	$16.37 per share	2.30
LNT Alliant Energy	$3.98B	4.27	$5.99 per share	11.06	$27.30 per share	2.42
NI NiSource	$6.13B	3.28	$3.97 per share	10.76	$22.85 per share	1.87

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	$1.04B	$7.28	22.75	21.42	3.11	25.05%	9.00%	4.35%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
CNP CenterPoint Energy	$1.02B	$1.43	26.36	20.16	2.79	10.42%	9.16%	2.26%	10/27/2025 (Estimated)
LNT Alliant Energy	$690M	$3.24	20.43	19.19	3.16	20.07%	12.25%	3.75%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
NI NiSource	$760.40M	$1.88	22.71	21.03	2.90	14.46%	8.25%	2.73%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)

Latest NI, LNT, ATO, and CNP Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	LNT Alliant Energy	$0.62	$0.68	+$0.06	$0.68	$977.15 million	$961.00 million
8/6/2025	Q3 2025	ATO Atmos Energy	$1.17	$1.16	-$0.01	$1.16	$848.97 million	$838.77 million
8/6/2025	Q2 2025	NI NiSource	$0.21	$0.22	+$0.01	$0.22	$1.16 billion	$1.16 billion
7/24/2025	Q2 2025	CNP CenterPoint Energy	$0.44	$0.29	-$0.15	$0.30	$2.20 billion	$1.94 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ATO Atmos Energy	$3.48	2.10%	N/A	47.80%	41 Years
CNP CenterPoint Energy	$0.88	2.33%	N/A	61.54%	5 Years
LNT Alliant Energy	$2.03	3.07%	N/A	62.65%	22 Years
NI NiSource	$1.12	2.62%	N/A	59.57%	14 Years

Latest NI, LNT, ATO, and CNP Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/12/2025	NI NiSource	quarterly	$0.28	2.64%	10/31/2025	10/31/2025	11/20/2025
7/17/2025	CNP CenterPoint Energy	quarterly	$0.22	2.41%	8/21/2025	8/21/2025	9/11/2025
8/6/2025	ATO Atmos Energy	quarterly	$0.87	2.21%	8/25/2025	8/25/2025	9/8/2025
7/18/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	quarterly	$0.5075	3.16%	7/31/2025	7/31/2025	8/15/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ATO Atmos Energy	0.67	1.37	1.25
CNP CenterPoint Energy	1.87	0.79	0.61
LNT Alliant Energy	1.35	0.57	0.46
NI NiSource	1.32	0.59	0.48

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ATO Atmos Energy	90.17%
CNP CenterPoint Energy	91.77%
LNT Alliant Energy	79.90%
NI NiSource	91.64%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ATO Atmos Energy	0.48%
CNP CenterPoint Energy	0.14%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.31%
NI NiSource	0.24%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ATO Atmos Energy	5,260	160.52 million	159.75 million	Optionable
CNP CenterPoint Energy	8,872	652.87 million	651.95 million	Optionable
LNT Alliant Energy	2,998	256.97 million	256.17 million	Optionable
NI NiSource	7,746	470.86 million	469.73 million	Optionable

NI, LNT, ATO, and CNP Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

SVB Wealth LLC Has $3.01 Million Stock Position in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 25 at 8:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC Sells 1,146,855 Shares of NiSource, Inc $NI

August 25 at 8:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Bahl & Gaynor Inc. Acquires 203,059 Shares of NiSource, Inc $NI

August 25 at 8:16 AM | marketbeat.com

AlphaQuest LLC Takes Position in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 25 at 6:59 AM | marketbeat.com

BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S Sells 28,681 Shares of NiSource, Inc $NI

August 25 at 4:52 AM | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Has $38.11 Million Stock Position in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 25 at 4:52 AM | marketbeat.com

Korea Investment CORP Sells 123,200 Shares of NiSource, Inc $NI

August 25 at 4:41 AM | marketbeat.com

NiSource, Inc $NI Position Lowered by HighTower Advisors LLC

August 25 at 3:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Newport Trust Company LLC Sells 29,119 Shares of NiSource, Inc $NI

August 24 at 7:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Capital Fund Management S.A. Makes New $10.71 Million Investment in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 24 at 5:55 AM | marketbeat.com

Northern Trust Corp Increases Stake in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 24 at 4:59 AM | marketbeat.com

EntryPoint Capital LLC Invests $443,000 in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 23 at 6:21 AM | marketbeat.com

Wellington Management Group LLP Reduces Stock Position in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 23 at 5:39 AM | marketbeat.com

T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. Has $963 Million Stake in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 22 at 6:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. Has $675,000 Stake in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 22 at 4:43 AM | marketbeat.com

State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D Has $4.25 Million Stake in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 22 at 4:27 AM | marketbeat.com

NiSource, Inc $NI Position Increased by Aberdeen Group plc

August 22 at 4:17 AM | marketbeat.com

NiSource, Inc $NI Shares Sold by HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC

August 20, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Fox Run Management L.L.C. Takes $602,000 Position in NiSource, Inc $NI

August 20, 2025 | marketbeat.com

NiSource, Inc (NYSE:NI) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

August 20, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

National Pension Service Has $66,000 Position in NiSource, Inc (NYSE:NI)

August 19, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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NI, LNT, ATO, and CNP Company Descriptions

Atmos Energy NYSE:ATO

$165.58 -1.76 (-1.05%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$165.45 -0.13 (-0.08%)

As of 04:04 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.

CenterPoint Energy NYSE:CNP

$37.69 -0.36 (-0.94%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$37.70 +0.01 (+0.03%)

As of 04:04 PM Eastern

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Electric and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market. The Natural Gas segment engages in the intrastate natural gas sales, and natural gas transportation and distribution for residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas; permanent pipeline connections through interconnects with various interstate and intrastate pipeline companies; and provides maintenance and repair services of home appliances to customers in Minnesota and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas through a third party. It serves approximately 2,534,730 metered customers; owned 348 substations with transformer capacity of 79,719 megavolt amperes; and owned and operated 217 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana and Texas. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Alliant Energy NASDAQ:LNT

$66.20 -0.77 (-1.15%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$66.18 -0.02 (-0.03%)

As of 04:04 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.

NiSource NYSE:NI

$42.69 -0.25 (-0.59%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$42.66 -0.02 (-0.05%)

As of 04:04 PM Eastern

NiSource Inc., an energy holding company, operates as a regulated natural gas and electric utility company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Gas Distribution Operations and Electric Operations. The company distributes natural gas to approximately 3.3 million customers through approximately 55,000 miles of distribution main pipeline and the associated individual customer service lines; and 1,000 miles of transmission main pipeline in northern Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. It also generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 0.5 million customers in various counties in the northern part of Indiana, as well as engages in wholesale electric and transmission transactions. It owns and operates coal-fired electric generating stations in Wheatfield and Michigan City; combined cycle gas turbine in West Terre Haute; natural gas generating units in Wheatfield; hydro generating plants in Carroll County and White County; wind generating units in White County, Indiana; and solar generating units in Jasper County and White County. The company was formerly known as NIPSCO Industries, Inc. and changed its name to NiSource Inc. in April 1999. NiSource Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana.

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