Atmos Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

Atmos Energy's stock was trading at $102.85 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ATO stock has decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $89.09.
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7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Atmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Atmos Energy stock.
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6,978 employees have rated Atmos Energy CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Atmos Energy's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Atmos Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 2nd 2021.
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Atmos Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 2nd 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 Co. (NYSE:ATO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 16th. The utilities provider reported $0.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $474.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $622.98 million. Atmos Energy had a return on equity of 9.04% and a net margin of 21.32%. Atmos Energy's quarterly revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.49 earnings per share.
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Atmos Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 11th. Investors of record on Monday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.625 per share on Monday, December 14th. This represents a $2.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 27th. This is a positive change from Atmos Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.58.
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Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.79%. Atmos Energy has been increasing its dividend for 32 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Atmos Energy is 52.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Atmos Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.38% 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 FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.90-$5.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.02.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Atmos Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $125.00. On average, they anticipate Atmos Energy's share price to reach $111.93 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price.
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Atmos Energy saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,680,000 shares, a decrease of 18.6% from the December 15th total of 5,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 973,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days.
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Some companies that are related to Atmos Energy include ONEOK (OKE), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Southwest Gas (SWX), 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."

Atmos Energy's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Pendal Group Limited (1.39%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.45%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.40%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.14%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.08%) and Gradient Investments LLC (0.08%). Company insiders that own Atmos Energy stock include David J Park, Frank H Yoho and Richard A Sampson.
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ATO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Hexavest Inc., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, First Hawaiian Bank, Gradient Investments LLC, and Pacer Advisors Inc..
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ATO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Limited, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., DNB Asset Management AS, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Sound Financial Strategies Group LLC, and Kestra Advisory Services LLC. Company insiders that have bought Atmos Energy stock in the last two years include Frank H Yoho, and Richard A Sampson.
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Shares of ATO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ATO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $89.09.

Atmos Energy has a market capitalization of $11.23 billion and generates $2.82 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $601.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.72 on an earnings per share basis. Atmos Energy employs 4,694 workers across the globe.

The official website for Atmos Energy is 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.