NYSE:ATOAtmos Energy Stock Price, Forecast & 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 increased by 1.3% and is now trading at $104.22. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

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 Co. (NYSE:ATO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $977.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.18 billion. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 20.02% and a return on equity of 9.35%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.82 earnings per share. View Atmos Energy's earnings history.

Atmos Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.575 per share on Monday, June 8th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.21%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 22nd. View Atmos Energy's dividend history.

Atmos Energy updated 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 EPS estimate of $4.67.

10 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Atmos Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $102.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect Atmos Energy's stock price to reach $115.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Atmos Energy.

Media coverage about ATO stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Atmos Energy earned a media sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAtmos Energy.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.32%), State Street Corp (7.27%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (3.01%), Morgan Stanley (2.18%), Invesco Ltd. (1.76%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%). Company insiders that own Atmos Energy stock include David J Park, Frank H Yoho, 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 APG Asset Management N.V., Janus Henderson Group PLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, UBS Group AG, AQR Capital Management LLC, Paloma Partners Management Co, and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Atmos Energy.

ATO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, State Street Corp, AXA, and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. View insider buying and selling activity for Atmos Energy.

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One share of ATO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $104.22.

Atmos Energy has a market capitalization of $12.75 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.