NYSE:ATOAtmos Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Atmos Energy's stock was trading at $102.85 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ATO shares have decreased by 3.1% and is now trading at $99.69. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 5th 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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $977.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.18 billion. Atmos Energy had a return on equity of 9.35% and a net margin of 20.02%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.82 earnings per share. View Atmos Energy's earnings history.

Atmos Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 26th will be given a dividend of $0.575 per share on Monday, June 8th. This represents a $2.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 22nd. View Atmos Energy's dividend history.

Atmos Energy issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.58-4.73 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.67.

11 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Atmos Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $125.00. On average, they anticipate Atmos Energy's share price to reach $114.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Atmos Energy.

News stories about ATO stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Atmos Energy earned a daily sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Atmos Energy.

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

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

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

Atmos Energy's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Hexavest Inc. (0.03%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.02%), Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%). Company insiders that own Atmos Energy stock include David J Park, Frank H Yoho, Nancy K Quinn, Richard A Sampson 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 Veracity Capital LLC, Whittier Trust Co., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Gradient Investments LLC, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., and Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Atmos Energy.

ATO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Ellevest Inc., Old Port Advisors, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, and Moody National Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have bought Atmos Energy stock in the last two years include Frank H Yoho, and Richard A Sampson. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $99.69.

Atmos Energy has a market capitalization of $12.19 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.

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.