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.
NYSE · ATO
Atmos Energy Corporation
Utilities · Regulated Gas
$157.21
Up+$0.79 (+0.51%)
Updated Sep 26, 2026, 5:29 PM
SID Score
5.2/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 27B
- P/E ratio
- 22.15
- Dividend yield
- 2.30%
- 52-week range
- $155.00 – $192.51
- Volume
- 1.04M
- Avg. volume
- 958.16K
Price performance
ATO price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
ATO closed at $157.21 after 20 trading sessions, down 5.66% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $157.21
- Period change
- -5.66%
- Period low
- $156.24
- Period high
- $169.12
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $168.40 | $169.58 | $167.28 | $167.56 | 694.13K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $168.30 | $169.44 | $167.42 | $169.12 | 688.59K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $167.66 | $168.3551 | $165.98 | $167.68 | 874.85K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $167.13 | $167.75 | $166.165 | $167.70 | 785.04K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $165.50 | $166.755 | $164.62 | $166.13 | 1.15M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $168.35 | $168.35 | $166.38 | $166.65 | 516.72K |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Truist Securities | Hold | — |
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JP Morgan Downgrades Atmos Energy to Neutral, Lowers Price Target to $180
JP Morgan analyst Jeremy Tonet downgrades Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) from Overweight to Neutral and lowers the price target from $198 to $180.
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Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Atmos Energy Stock?
Investors need to pay close attention to ATO stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
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