Atmos Energy (ATO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Atmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ATO shares.
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6 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Atmos Energy's shares. Their ATO share price targets range from $110.00 to $133.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $124.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price.
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Atmos Energy's stock was trading at $115.90 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ATO stock has increased by 1.1% and is now trading at $117.20.
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Atmos Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,920,000 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the February 29th total of 3,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 818,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 8th 2024.
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Atmos Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 9th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Atmos Energy Co. (NYSE:ATO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 7th. The utilities provider reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $1.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.71 billion. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 23.43% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.62%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.91 EPS.
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Atmos Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.805 per share on Monday, March 11th. This represents a $3.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 23rd.
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Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.81%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 40 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 51.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ATO will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.07% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) stock in their portfolio include Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES), First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN), Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP), Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), American CenturyFocused Large Cap Value ETF (FLV), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RSPU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU) and First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU).

Atmos Energy issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of 6.450-6.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 6.580. 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's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Perpetual Ltd (0.94%), MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (0.28%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.27%), Pensioenfonds Rail & OV (0.20%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.12%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.10%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher T Forsythe, Diana J Walters, J Matt Robbins, Kim R Cocklin and Richard M Thomas.
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