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. Investors of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a dividend of $0.575 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.98%. 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $875.56 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $978.77 million. Atmos Energy had a return on equity of 9.25% and a net margin of 18.36%. The firm's revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.58-4.73 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.67.

10 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Atmos Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect Atmos Energy's share price to reach $119.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% 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.

News headlines about ATO stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Atmos Energy earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. 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 number of of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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 $116.22.

Atmos Energy has a market capitalization of $14.21 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.