Compare Stocks: SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR

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	$157.43 -0.5%	$170.22	$157.26 ▼ $192.51	$26.60B	0.6	1.24 million shs	994,963 shs
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$132.28 +0.9%	$133.32	$118.88 ▼ $140.83	$3.19B	0.67	160,828 shs	225,134 shs
NJR NewJersey Resources	$52.75 -0.3%	$55.46	$43.46 ▼ $60.86	$5.35B	0.5	607,151 shs	590,355 shs
SWX Southwest Gas	$83.50 -1.4%	$90.04	$76.74 ▼ $94.46	$6.05B	0.57	581,325 shs	588,338 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	-1.05%	-3.20%	-5.15%	-7.65%	-2.72%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	+0.11%	+1.62%	-2.04%	+8.10%	+2.08%
NJR NewJersey Resources	-0.66%	-0.27%	-1.49%	-6.05%	+12.92%
SWX Southwest Gas	-1.61%	-2.31%	-5.07%	-5.21%	+7.66%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ATO Atmos Energy	$157.43 -0.5%	$170.22	$157.26 ▼ $192.51	$26.60B	0.6	1.24 million shs	994,963 shs
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$132.28 +0.9%	$133.32	$118.88 ▼ $140.83	$3.19B	0.67	160,828 shs	225,134 shs
NJR NewJersey Resources	$52.75 -0.3%	$55.46	$43.46 ▼ $60.86	$5.35B	0.5	607,151 shs	590,355 shs
SWX Southwest Gas	$83.50 -1.4%	$90.04	$76.74 ▼ $94.46	$6.05B	0.57	581,325 shs	588,338 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	-1.05%	-3.20%	-5.15%	-7.65%	-2.72%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	+0.11%	+1.62%	-2.04%	+8.10%	+2.08%
NJR NewJersey Resources	-0.66%	-0.27%	-1.49%	-6.05%	+12.92%
SWX Southwest Gas	-1.61%	-2.31%	-5.07%	-5.21%	+7.66%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ATO Atmos Energy	2.23	Hold	$185.09	17.57% Upside
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	2.67	Moderate Buy	$144.00	8.86% Upside
NJR NewJersey Resources	3.00	Buy	$61.50	16.58% Upside
SWX Southwest Gas	2.83	Moderate Buy	$103.20	23.59% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
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	SWX Southwest Gas	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
9/14/2026	NJR NewJersey Resources	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$68.00
9/14/2026	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	Huntington Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$150.00
9/14/2026	NJR NewJersey Resources	Huntington Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$68.00
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
9/11/2026	NJR NewJersey Resources	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$64.00 ➝ $63.00
8/31/2026	SWX Southwest Gas	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	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)

(Data available from 9/22/2023 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	5.66	$11.74 per share	13.41	$84.47 per share	1.86
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$930M	3.43	$10.59 per share	12.49	$67.59 per share	1.96
NJR NewJersey Resources	$2.04B	2.63	$5.11 per share	10.33	$23.81 per share	2.22
SWX Southwest Gas	$1.94B	3.12	$8.01 per share	10.42	$54.88 per share	1.52

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	18.72	17.45	2.78	28.50%	9.67%	4.67%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$140.30M	$6.27	21.10	17.92	N/A	15.12%	9.34%	3.73%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
NJR NewJersey Resources	$335.63M	$3.62	14.57	15.47	2.96	16.42%	14.46%	4.67%	11/18/2026 (Estimated)
SWX Southwest Gas	$439.83M	$7.66	10.90	16.90	2.04	31.85%	6.79%	2.63%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR 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
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	SWX Southwest Gas	$0.4509	$0.45	-$0.0009	$0.58	$416.20 million	$358.15 million
8/3/2026	Q3 2026	NJR NewJersey Resources	$0.06	$0.11	+$0.05	$0.10	$342.13 million	$349.18 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ATO Atmos Energy	$4.00	2.54%	+8.63%	47.56%	41 Years
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$2.94	2.22%	+9.31%	46.89%	22 Years
NJR NewJersey Resources	$1.90	3.60%	+7.58%	52.49%	29 Years
SWX Southwest Gas	$2.58	3.09%	+1.87%	33.68%	N/A

Latest SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR 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
9/10/2026	NJR NewJersey Resources	quarterly	$0.50	3.75%	9/24/2026	9/24/2026	10/1/2026
8/5/2026	ATO Atmos Energy	quarterly	$1.00	2.38%	8/24/2026	8/24/2026	9/8/2026
7/15/2026	SWX Southwest Gas	quarterly	$0.6450	2.83%	8/17/2026	8/17/2026	9/1/2026

(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
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	0.79	0.32	0.28
NJR NewJersey Resources	1.21	0.66	0.45
SWX Southwest Gas	0.83	1.12	0.99

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ATO Atmos Energy	90.17%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	83.11%
NJR NewJersey Resources	70.98%
SWX Southwest Gas	92.77%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ATO Atmos Energy	0.43%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	1.36%
NJR NewJersey Resources	0.70%
SWX Southwest Gas	0.63%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ATO Atmos Energy	5,487	168.99 million	168.26 million	Optionable
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	1,300	24.11 million	23.78 million	Optionable
NJR NewJersey Resources	1,376	101.47 million	100.76 million	Optionable
SWX Southwest Gas	2,453	72.45 million	71.99 million	Optionable

SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Bank of America Corp DE Takes Position in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

September 22 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Southwest Gas Holdings stock gains support from analyst consensus and dividend appeal

September 19 at 8:16 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE:SWX) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

September 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

California State Teachers Retirement System Sells 2,191 Shares of Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

September 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Amundi Has $2.02 Million Stake in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (SWX) Presents at West Coast NDR - Slideshow

September 11, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Sells 87,811 Shares of Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

September 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Southwest Gas Holdings Releases 2025 Sustainability Report

September 8, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Wellington Management Group LLP Raises Position in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Southwest Gas’s (SWX) Pipeline Bet Just Got $600M Bigger

September 5, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Southwest Gas’s (SWX) Pipeline Bet Just Got $600M Bigger

September 5, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Makes New $3.32 Million Investment in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Southwest Gas (SWX) Down 4% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?

September 4, 2026 | zacks.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Invests $2.38 Million in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

26,355 Shares in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX Purchased by Corient Private Wealth LP

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Southwest Gas Holdings stock gains on new institutional buying and solid guidance

September 1, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

65,189 Shares in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX Bought by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

200,354 Shares in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX Purchased by Legal & General Group Plc

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC Makes New Investment in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Acquires New Shares in Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Freestone Grove Partners LP Acquires Shares of 12,331 Southwest Gas Corporation $SWX

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR Company Descriptions

Atmos Energy NYSE:ATO

$157.43 -0.84 (-0.53%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$157.39 -0.04 (-0.03%)

As of 07:30 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.

Chesapeake Utilities NYSE:CPK

$132.28 +1.13 (+0.86%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$132.06 -0.22 (-0.17%)

As of 07:30 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.

NewJersey Resources NYSE:NJR

$52.75 -0.17 (-0.31%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$52.72 -0.03 (-0.06%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

New Jersey Resources Corporation, an energy services holding company, distributes natural gas. The company operates through four segments: Natural Gas Distribution, Clean Energy Ventures, Energy Services, and Storage and Transportation. The Natural Gas Distribution segment offers regulated natural gas utility services to approximately 576,000 customers in Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, and Sussex counties in New Jersey; provides capacity and storage management services; and participates in the off-system sales and capacity release markets. The Clean Energy Ventures segment invests in, owns, and operates clean energy projects, including commercial and residential solar installation situated in New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, Michigan, and Indiana. The Energy Services segment maintains and operates natural gas transportation and storage capacity contracts, as well as provides physical wholesale energy, retail energy and energy management services in the United States and Canada. The Storage and Transportation segment invests in invests in energy-related ventures. It provides heating, ventilation, and cooling services; sales and installation of appliances; offers solar equipment installation, and plumbing repair and installation services; and holds commercial real estate properties. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.

Southwest Gas NYSE:SWX

$83.50 -1.15 (-1.36%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$83.52 +0.02 (+0.02%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes and transports natural gas in Arizona, Nevada, and California. The company operates through Natural Gas Distribution, Utility Infrastructure Services, and Pipeline and Storage segments. It also provides trenching, installation, and replacement of underground pipes, as well as maintenance services for energy distribution systems. As of December 31, 2023, it had 2,226,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and other natural gas customers. Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Latest SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR Analyst Ratings

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Latest SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR Earnings

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Latest SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR Dividends

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SWX, ATO, CPK, and NJR Headlines

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