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 Tuesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.575 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 21st. View Atmos Energy's Dividend History.

Atmos Energy Co. (NYSE:ATO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The utilities provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $875.56 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $978.77 million. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 18.36% and a return on equity of 9.25%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.38 EPS. View Atmos Energy's Earnings History.

Atmos Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. 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 $4.67.

10 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Atmos Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect Atmos Energy's stock price to reach $119.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Atmos Energy.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Atmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Atmos Energy.

Media stories about ATO stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage 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 term. 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), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Chevron (CVX), Mcdonald's (MCD), 3M (MMM), Procter & Gamble (PG) and CVS Health (CVS).

Atmos Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (7.03%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (3.19%), FMR LLC (1.69%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.57%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.51%) and Maple Brown Abbott Ltd (1.05%). 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Jennison Associates LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Atmos Energy.

ATO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, Credit Agricole S A, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, State Street Corp, National Pension Service, Reaves W H & Co. Inc. and AQR Capital Management 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 $113.74.

Atmos Energy has a market capitalization of $13.91 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.