Atmos Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Atmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Atmos Energy stock.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Atmos Energy's shares. Their ATO stock forecasts range from $107.00 to $133.00. On average, they expect Atmos Energy's stock price to reach $121.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price.
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Atmos Energy's stock was trading at $104.77 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, ATO stock has increased by 9.9% and is now trading at $115.15.
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Atmos Energy saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,330,000 shares, an increase of 23.1% from the May 15th total of 4,330,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.3 days.
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Atmos Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 3rd 2022.
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Atmos Energy Co. (NYSE:ATO) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $2.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.39 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $1.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 18.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.80%. Atmos Energy's quarterly revenue was up 25.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.30 EPS.
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Atmos Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Monday, June 6th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.36%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 20th.
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Atmos Energy(NYSE:ATO) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.36%. Atmos Energy has been increasing its dividend for 38 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Atmos Energy is 50.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Atmos Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.95% next year. This indicates that Atmos Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Atmos Energy issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.50-$5.60 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.50. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

70 employees have rated Atmos Energy CEO Kim R. Cocklin on Glassdoor.com. Kim R. Cocklin has an approval rating of 91% among Atmos Energy's employees. This puts Kim R. Cocklin in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Atmos Energy include ONEOK (OKE), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK) and Northwest Natural (NWN).
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Atmos Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ATO."

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One share of ATO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $115.15.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) has a market capitalization of $16.01 billion and generates $3.41 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $665.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.38 on an earnings per share basis.

Atmos Energy employs 4,684 workers across the globe.

Atmos Energy was founded in 1906.

Atmos Energy's mailing address is THREE LINCOLN CENTRE SUITE 1800 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS TX, 75240. The official website for Atmos Energy is www.atmosenergy.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (972) 934-9227, via email at investorrelations@atmosenergy.com, or via fax at 972-855-3040.