Atmos Energy
About: Atmos Energy is the largest publicly traded, fully regulated, pure-play natural gas utility in the United States, serving more than 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.
Employees: 5,260
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
137% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 109 | Existing positions closed: 46
57% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $32.3M | Put options by funds: $20.6M
33% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 4 (+1) [Q4]
21% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 302 | Existing positions reduced: 250
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 740 [Q3] → 792 (+52) [Q4]
4.07% more ownership
Funds ownership: 96.33% [Q3] → 100.4% (+4.07%) [Q4]
5% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $20.7B [Q3] → $21.7B (+$1B) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
Morgan Stanley Stephen Byrd 55% 1-year accuracy 60 / 109 met price target | 5%downside $147 | Overweight Maintained | 20 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about ATO published over the past 30 days
