Atmos Energy Corporation $ATO is Sfmg LLC’s Largest Position

Sfmg LLC boosted its position in shares of Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) by 1.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,060,389 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,247 shares during the period. Atmos Energy accounts for 11.9% of Sfmg LLC’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. Sfmg LLC owned 0.64% of Atmos Energy worth $177,753,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Garner Asset Management Corp purchased a new stake in Atmos Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Kingdom Financial Group LLC. purchased a new stake in Atmos Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Atmos Energy by 85.9% during the fourth quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 158 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the last quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Atmos Energy by 270.2% during the fourth quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC now owns 174 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. lifted its position in Atmos Energy by 105.4% during the third quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 191 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on ATO shares. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Atmos Energy from $195.00 to $187.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Atmos Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Morgan Stanley set a $183.00 target price on shares of Atmos Energy in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Atmos Energy from $193.00 to $196.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Mizuho decreased their price target on shares of Atmos Energy from $192.00 to $184.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $181.90.

Atmos Energy Trading Down 2.4%

NYSE ATO opened at $168.96 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $183.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $177.18. The stock has a market cap of $28.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 0.65. Atmos Energy Corporation has a 12-month low of $149.98 and a 12-month high of $192.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The utilities provider reported $3.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.37 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.94 billion. Atmos Energy had a net margin of 27.58% and a return on equity of 9.59%. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. Atmos Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.400-8.500 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Atmos Energy Corporation will post 8.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Atmos Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 26th will be paid a $1.00 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 26th. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. Atmos Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 49.14%.

Atmos Energy Company Profile

Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) is a U.S.-based natural-gas utility that primarily focuses on the regulated distribution of natural gas. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company operates through local distribution systems to deliver natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial and electric generation customers. Atmos’s core activities include pipeline operations, gas distribution, system maintenance and reliability programs designed to ensure safe and continuous service to its customers.

The company’s services encompass gas delivery, system integrity and maintenance, storage and transmission connections, and customer-facing programs such as billing, conservation initiatives and energy-efficiency offerings.