SeekingAlpha · Oct 1, 2026
Atmos Energy: Quality Company At A Fair Price
Atmos Energy remains a Buy, targeting a ~9.5% long-term annual return via 7% EPS growth and a 2.6% yield. Read more on ATO stock here.
NYSE · ATO
Atmos Energy Corporation
Utilities · Regulated Gas
$159.74
Down-$0.53 (-0.33%)
Updated Oct 7, 2026, 10:37 PM
SID Score
5.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
47/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 27B
- P/E ratio
- 22.15
- Dividend yield
- 2.26%
- 52-week range
- $154.72 – $192.51
- Volume
- 1.05M
- Avg. volume
- 958.16K
Price performance · ATO
ATO price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 6, 2026
ATO closed at $159.74 after 21 trading sessions, down 4.96% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $159.74
- Period change
- -4.96%
- Period low
- $156.24
- Period high
- $168.07
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $158.91 | $159.95 | $157.84 | $159.74 | 1.05M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $157.31 | $158.48 | $156.09 | $158.05 | 857.45K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $157.07 | $158.62 | $156.585 | $157.17 | 843.84K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $156.01 | $156.855 | $154.72 | $156.38 | 1.09M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $158.13 | $158.16 | $156.25 | $156.44 | 965.51K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $156.08 | $157.99 | $155.635 | $157.60 | 921.47K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $157.55 | $157.80 | $156.34 | $157.05 | 1.04M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $156.11 | $157.50 | $155.39 | $157.21 | 1.04M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $156.94 | $157.70 | $156.01 | $156.42 | 1.22M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $156.53 | $157.32 | $155.00 | $156.24 | 1.07M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $158.02 | $158.875 | $157.26 | $157.34 | 999.14K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $160.26 | $160.41 | $158.15 | $158.27 | 1.06M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $161.00 | $161.12 | $159.98 | $160.30 | 2.08M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $162.42 | $162.955 | $161.43 | $162.03 | 1.42M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $163.20 | $163.98 | $161.53 | $161.96 | 1.18M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $163.81 | $164.25 | $161.99 | $162.04 | 1.11M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $164.16 | $165.075 | $163.14 | $163.84 | 987.56K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $165.72 | $165.87 | $163.04 | $163.19 | 970.69K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $167.56 | $168.06 | $164.67 | $164.81 | 902.99K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $168.22 | $168.30 | $165.89 | $166.59 | 667.01K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $167.19 | $169.06 | $167.19 | $168.07 | 773.73K |
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Company profile
Atmos Energy is the largest publicly traded, fully regulated, pure-play natural gas utility in the United States, serving more than 3.3 million customers in Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. About two thirds of its earnings come from Texas, where it distributes natural gas in northern Texas and owns an intrastate gas pipeline spanning several key shale gas formations and interconnected with five storage facilities.
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Hold
- Average target
- $173.00
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 19
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Jefferies | Hold | — |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Sep 11, 2026 | JP Morgan | Neutral | — |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Truist Securities | Hold | — |
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Benzinga · Oct 1, 2026
Jefferies Maintains Hold on Atmos Energy, Lowers Price Target to $167
Jefferies analyst Julien Dumoulin-Smith maintains Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) with a Hold and lowers the price target from $173 to $167.
Yahoo · Sep 21, 2026
Is Atmos Energy Stock Underperforming the Dow?
Atmos Energy has underperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past year, and analysts are cautious about the stock’s prospects.
Benzinga · Sep 18, 2026
Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Atmos Energy, Lowers Price Target to $179
Morgan Stanley analyst Stephen Byrd maintains Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) with a Equal-Weight and lowers the price target from $190 to $179.
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