NYSE:ATO - Atmos Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Atmos Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ATO."

Atmos Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.575 per share on Monday, December 9th. This represents a $2.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 22nd. This is a boost from Atmos Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. View Atmos Energy's Dividend History.

Atmos Energy Co. (NYSE:ATO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $443.68 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $582.98 million. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 17.62% and a return on equity of 9.19%. The firm's revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.41 earnings per share. View Atmos Energy's Earnings History.

Atmos Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Atmos Energy updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.58-4.73 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.62.

9 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Atmos Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect Atmos Energy's share price to reach $117.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Atmos Energy.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Atmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Atmos Energy.

Media coverage about ATO stock has been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Atmos Energy earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Atmos Energy.

Some companies that are related to Atmos Energy include ONEOK (OKE), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), National Fuel Gas (NFG), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural (NWN) and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK).

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Atmos Energy's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.31%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.27%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.12%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.02%). Company insiders that own Atmos Energy stock include David J Park, Nancy K Quinn and Richard W Douglas. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Atmos Energy.

ATO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, IFP Advisors Inc and Old Port Advisors. View Insider Buying and Selling for Atmos Energy.

ATO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP, 180 Wealth Advisors LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., DNB Asset Management AS, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, Donaldson Capital Management LLC and Gradient Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Atmos Energy.

Shares of ATO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ATO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $114.77.

Atmos Energy has a market capitalization of $14.03 billion and generates $2.90 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $511.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.35 on an earnings per share basis. Atmos Energy employs 4,776 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Atmos Energy.

The official website for Atmos Energy is http://www.atmosenergy.com/.

Atmos Energy's mailing address is THREE LINCOLN CENTRE SUITE 1800 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS TX, 75240. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 972-934-9227.