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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
95% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 117 | Existing positions closed: 60
50% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q4 2024] → 6 (+2) [Q1 2025]
34% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 341 | Existing positions reduced: 255
11% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $21.7B [Q4 2024] → $24.1B (+$2.4B) [Q1 2025]
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 801 [Q4 2024] → 843 (+42) [Q1 2025]
2.05% less ownership
Funds ownership: 100.49% [Q4 2024] → 98.44% (-2.05%) [Q1 2025]
24% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $21M | Put options by funds: $27.5M
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
Barclays Nicholas Campanella | 1%downside $153 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Stephen Byrd | 1%upside $156 | Overweight Maintained | 18 Jun 2025 |
Citigroup Ryan Levine | 6%upside $163 | Neutral Maintained | 16 May 2025 |
Mizuho Gabriel Moreen | 6%upside $164 | Neutral Downgraded | 28 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Richard Sunderland | 8%upside $166 | Overweight Maintained | 16 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about ATO published over the past 30 days
