Atmos Energy Corporation $ATO Shares Bought by Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Bank AG lifted its holdings in Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) by 1.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,887,367 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 47,860 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG owned approximately 1.75% of Atmos Energy worth $484,009,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in ATO. Garner Asset Management Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Atmos Energy in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Atmos Energy by 85.9% during the 4th quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 158 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. Kingdom Financial Group LLC. acquired a new stake in Atmos Energy during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Atmos Energy by 270.2% during the 4th quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC now owns 174 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 127 shares during the period. Finally, Elevated Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Atmos Energy during the 4th quarter worth $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on ATO shares. Truist Financial decreased their price objective 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. Weiss Ratings cut Atmos Energy from a “buy (b+)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Morgan Stanley set a $183.00 price target on Atmos Energy in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays raised their price objective on Atmos Energy from $167.00 to $184.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Atmos Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $181.90.

Atmos Energy Stock Performance

Shares of Atmos Energy stock opened at $169.32 on Thursday. 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 Corporation has a 1 year low of $149.98 and a 1 year high of $192.51. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $181.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $176.74. The firm has a market cap of $28.26 billion, a PE ratio of 20.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.60.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The utilities provider reported $3.47 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 the consensus estimate 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 last year, the firm earned $3.03 earnings per share. Atmos Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.400-8.500 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Atmos Energy Corporation will post 8.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Atmos Energy Announces Dividend

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