Atmos Energy - ATO Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities 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 equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ATO shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Atmos Energy's stock. Their ATO share price forecasts range from $107.00 to $131.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $122.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% 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 shares have increased by 12.2% and is now trading at $117.58.
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Atmos Energy saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,500,000 shares, an increase of 7.4% from the July 15th total of 6,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 936,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 9th 2022.
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Atmos Energy Co. (NYSE:ATO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.08. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 18.57% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.73%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.78 earnings per share.
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Atmos Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, August 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Tuesday, September 6th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 19th.
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Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.32%. The company 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 is 49.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ATO will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Atmos Energy updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.50-$5.60 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.55. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (7.45%), Deutsche Bank AG (3.52%), GQG Partners LLC (3.16%), Northern Trust Corp (1.15%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.12%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher T Forsythe, David J Park, Frank H Yoho, J Matt Robbins, Richard A Sampson, Richard A Sampson and Richard M Thomas.
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One share of ATO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.58.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) has a market capitalization of $16.45 billion and generates $3.41 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $665.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.52 on an earnings per share basis.

The company 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 the company 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.