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Atmos Energy Corporation · ATO · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q1 2025
Atmos Energy: Strong Q1, Investment Plan Maintained
The quarter supports a constructive operating view: customer growth, rate actions and industrial-load opportunities are balanced against regulatory, financing and cost risks from a larger investment program.
Reported After market closeNYSEUtilities
$27.10B market cap
70quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $2.23
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $919.1M
Revenue surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
+1.9%
Event window
SPY move
+0.4%
Same window
Abnormal move
+1.5%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.4×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+0.9%
Up to 20 sessions
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What changed
Management highlighted record first-quarter net income, more than 59,000 customer additions, $891 million of quarterly capex and a $3.7 billion FY2025 capex plan while maintaining earnings guidance.
Guidance delta
Management maintained FY2025 EPS guidance of $7.05-$7.25 per share.
Key takeaways
- Customer growth and higher approved rates supported a strong quarter.
- Management highlighted $891 million of quarterly capex and a $3.7 billion FY2025 capex plan.
- Industrial-load opportunities and APT projects remain important growth priorities.
- Liquidity and equity-market access were cited as support for ongoing investment.
Management priorities
- Complete pipeline replacement and APT interconnect projects.
- Expand gas storage capacity and install additional 36-inch lines.
- Pursue industrial-load opportunities across the company's service states.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$162.38Current
$113Low
$162.87Average
$200High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 13, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 18, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 14, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 29, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 15, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 17, 2025 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Nov 14, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | May 13, 2022 |
| Seaport Global | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 7, 2021 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Argus | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | May 5, 2018 |
| BB&T Capital | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 30, 2016 |
| Edward Jones | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Aug 8, 2014 |
| U.S. Capital Advisors | Hold | Underweight | Upgrade | Mar 19, 2014 |
| Hilliard Lyons | Long Term Buy | Maintain | Aug 10, 2012 | |
| Bank oferica | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 17, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $162.38. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferies | Julian Dumoulin-Smith | $167 | $156.44 | +2.8% | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $179 | $160.21 | +10.2% | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $179 | $170.02 | +10.2% | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $196 | $176.52 | +20.7% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $183 | $179.5 | +12.7% | Jul 14, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Constantine Lednev | $200 | $176.2 | +23.2% | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Marie Ferguson | $185 | $174.76 | +13.9% | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $172.4 | +17.0% | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Gabriel Moreen | $184 | $173.01 | +13.3% | May 29, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $183 | $175.58 | +12.7% | May 21, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $187 | $176.48 | +15.2% | May 18, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $195 | $184.19 | +20.1% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $192 | $180.38 | +18.2% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $167 | $168.5 | +2.8% | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $167.87 | +10.9% | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $165 | $168.72 | +1.6% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $174 | $168 | +7.2% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $172 | $170.77 | +5.9% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Gabriel Moreen | $180 | $171.72 | +10.9% | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $182 | $174.87 | +12.1% | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $181 | $177.54 | +11.5% | Oct 22, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $172 | $174.93 | +5.9% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $175 | $175.75 | +7.8% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $170 | $169.23 | +4.7% | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $167 | $166.46 | +2.8% | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Argus Research | Marie Ferguson | $172 | $161.82 | +5.9% | Sep 18, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $159 | $156.2 | -2.1% | Jul 30, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $156 | $152.39 | -3.9% | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Sarah Akers | $156 | $142 | -3.9% | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Gabriel Moreen | $148 | $136.48 | -8.9% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Sarah Akers | $132 | $116.84 | -18.7% | May 14, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Gabriel Moreen | $138 | $116.77 | -15.0% | May 13, 2024 |
| UBS | William Appicelli | $124 | $114.38 | -23.6% | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Gabriel Moreen | $131 | $111.6 | -19.3% | Oct 11, 2023 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $112.39 | -29.2% | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $128 | $116.6 | -21.2% | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $111.54 | -26.1% | Nov 11, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $111.9 | -29.2% | Jul 18, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Insoo Kim | $113 | $112.09 | -30.4% | May 12, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $131 | $114.58 | -19.3% | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $140 | $118 | -13.8% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $133 | $117.7 | -18.1% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $139 | $122.28 | -14.4% | Apr 20, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationAtmos Energy Corporation, alongside its subsidiaries, is a U.S.-based enterprise primarily involved in the regulated distribution of natural gas, as well as operating pipeline and storage facilities. The company functions through two core divisions: Distribution, and Pipeline and Storage. The Distribution division manages the regulated delivery and associated sales of natural gas across eight states. This division supplies natural gas to approximately three million customers, encompassing homeowners, businesses, public agencies, and industrial clients.…
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-01-21T00:01:13.267231+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-13T03:10:43.414076+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-13T03:10:43.411383+00:00
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