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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 25th will be given a dividend of $0.575 per share on Monday, December 9th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.97%. The ex-dividend date 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $443.68 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $582.98 million. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 17.62% and a return on equity of 9.19%. The business's revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.41 EPS. 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 guidance of $4.58-4.73 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.62.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Atmos Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect Atmos Energy's stock price to reach $118.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% 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 stories about ATO stock have been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. 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).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Atmos Energy investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Altria Group (MO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Chevron (CVX), Procter & Gamble (PG), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Mcdonald's (MCD), Pfizer (PFE) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

Atmos Energy's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include SPF Beheer BV (0.62%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.31%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.27%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.13%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.12%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%). 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, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CenturyLink Investment Management Co and IFP Advisors Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Atmos Energy.

ATO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, SPF Beheer BV, Sciencast Management LP, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, 180 Wealth Advisors LLC, AdvisorShares Investments LLC, First National Bank of Omaha and Boston Trust Walden Corp. 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 $116.88.

Atmos Energy has a market capitalization of $14.29 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.