Schroder Investment Management Group Has $40.46 Million Stock Holdings in Atmos Energy Corporation $ATO

Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its position in shares of Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) by 9.0% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 238,631 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 19,738 shares during the quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group’s holdings in Atmos Energy were worth $40,460,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ATO. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Atmos Energy in the 2nd quarter valued at $282,487,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Atmos Energy by 94.9% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,652,267 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $562,851,000 after acquiring an additional 1,778,653 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its holdings in Atmos Energy by 220.1% during the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 720,956 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $111,107,000 after acquiring an additional 495,712 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in Atmos Energy by 23.6% in the second quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 1,899,283 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $292,699,000 after acquiring an additional 362,894 shares during the period. Finally, Mizuho Markets Americas LLC acquired a new position in Atmos Energy in the third quarter valued at about $48,798,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.17% of the company’s stock.

Atmos Energy Stock Performance

Shares of Atmos Energy stock opened at $184.41 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $30.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.17 and a beta of 0.74. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $174.33 and its 200-day moving average is $172.02. Atmos Energy Corporation has a one year low of $141.59 and a one year high of $187.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The utilities provider reported $2.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.41 by $0.03. Atmos Energy had a return on equity of 9.20% and a net margin of 25.67%.The business had revenue of $1.34 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.21 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.23 earnings per share. Atmos Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.350 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Atmos Energy Corporation will post 7.18 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Atmos Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 23rd were paid a dividend of $1.00 per share. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 23rd. Atmos Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 51.95%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently commented on ATO. Zacks Research raised Atmos Energy to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Atmos Energy from $159.00 to $174.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Citigroup increased their target price on Atmos Energy from $163.00 to $182.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Atmos Energy in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Atmos Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $175.67.

Atmos Energy 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.