Atmos Energy

ATO

Market cap $30.9B

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ATO beats Q1 EPS estimates as revenues rise 14% year over year. The company lifts its quarterly dividend.

Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Atmos (ATO) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Atmos Energy (ATO) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.44 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.41 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.23 per share a year ago.

Atmos Energy reported a 14.5% rise in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, as the natural gas utility benefited from strong demand for its gas distribution and pipeline facilities.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) today reported consolidated results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2025. This news release should be read in conjunction with our earnings slides which are concurrently being posted at www.atmosenergy.com. Fiscal Year Highlights Earnings per diluted share of $2.44 on net income of $403.0 million. Capital expenditures were $1.0 billion; over 85% focused on safety and reliability. Strong financial profile with 59.9% eq.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) said today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend on the company's common stock of $1.00 per share. The indicated annual dividend is $4.00. The dividend will be paid on March 9, 2026, to shareholders of record on February 23, 2026. This is the company's 169th consecutive quarterly dividend. Atmos Energy Corporation, a natural gas-only distributor, is an S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas. We safely deliver.

ATO heads into Q1 earnings with growth from new rates, steady customer additions and ongoing system upgrades in focus.