Atmos Energy Corporation $ATO Shares Bought by Cohen & Steers Inc.

Cohen & Steers Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) by 4.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 671,396 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 29,400 shares during the period. Cohen & Steers Inc. owned approximately 0.41% of Atmos Energy worth $112,546,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of ATO. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC grew its holdings in shares of Atmos Energy by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 1,579 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $265,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC grew its holdings in shares of Atmos Energy by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 1,514 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $254,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of Atmos Energy by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 5,439 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $912,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Atmos Energy by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 6,671 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,118,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norinchukin Bank The grew its holdings in shares of Atmos Energy by 0.7% during the third quarter. Norinchukin Bank The now owns 9,733 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,662,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares during the last quarter. 90.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ATO has been the topic of several research reports. Morgan Stanley set a $183.00 price target on Atmos Energy in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen upgraded Atmos Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. Citigroup upped their target price on Atmos Energy from $182.00 to $191.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. TD Cowen upped their target price on Atmos Energy from $193.00 to $196.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on Atmos Energy from $167.00 to $184.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. 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.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $181.90.

Atmos Energy Price Performance

Atmos Energy stock opened at $169.82 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.86, a PEG ratio of 2.92 and a beta of 0.60. Atmos Energy Corporation has a 52-week low of $149.98 and a 52-week high of $192.51. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $180.42 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $176.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 1.00.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The utilities provider reported $3.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.37 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.94 billion. Atmos Energy had a return on equity of 9.59% and a net margin of 27.58%.During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.03 earnings per share. Atmos Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.400-8.500 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Atmos Energy Corporation will post 8.43 earnings per share for the current year.

Atmos Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 26th were given a $1.00 dividend. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 26th. Atmos Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 49.14%.

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.