Atmos Energy (ATO) stock
ATO's Quality Score fell 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 9. It did not trade higher than the day before (2 chart checks stopped).
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Key facts on ATO
| The company | Profit up 21% to $1.4B |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 4 |
ATO in the news
Big story
Atmos Energy Corporation filed an 8-K reporting a change of CEO and board chair
ATO closed −0.8% the next session (Nov 5).
What's next
Mon Nov 23: Ex-dividend, $1.09 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 7.
ATO catalysts
After its last 4 reports it closed -0.2% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Why ATO scores 9
Averagefor quality, not price, 3 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
- +3Chart checks 3 of 14 firing right now, one point each
- +3Long-term trend above a rising 200-day average, near its 52-week high
- Size adds
- Profit adds
- Growth adds
- Cash flow subtracts
How ATO ranks in Gas Distribution
ATO is #4 of 10 by Quality Score.
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Free cash flow over four quarters: ATO -$2.02B, NFG $222M, LNG $3.79B.
When does ATO report earnings, and what happens after?
Expected to report Wed Feb 3, after the close (in 85 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
What ATO reported on Nov 4, 2026
The quarter
The figures are not read from the release yet.
Where the sales came from
ATO's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
The outlook
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Earnings per diluted share | $9.05 to $9.25 |
The numbers
- $30B
- today
- $4.9B
- up 6.5% on the year
- -$2B
- last 12 months
Sales grew 11% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $4.36 a share a year.
Close after the report, last 3
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | +1.6% | -0.8% | not yet |
| Aug 5, 2026 | +0.7% | -0.1% | -1.5% |
| May 6, 2026 | +1.1% | -1.6% | -2.6% |
ATO sales and profit by year
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $4.7B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
ATO has 3 of 14 chart checks firing
ATO RSI today: 64.5, above its 50-day and 200-day averages
RSI 64.5, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
The deep dive on ATO
- What it does and how it makes moneyAnnual report, filed Nov 14, 2025
- Where it stands
- Who holds and trades it
- Against its closest peers
Is ATO's dividend covered? What its financials say
Its free cash flow over the last four quarters was -$2B, while it paid dividends.
| Dividend | $4.36 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $738M a year |
| Free cash flow | -$2B |
| Record | Raised every year since 2009 |
ATO insider trades
One insider bought $50K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest:
ATO trades by Congress and the executive branch
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
ATO's officers and directors
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
Which ETFs hold ATO?
In ETFs: ATO is 0.1% of DGRO, 0.1% of SPMO, and 0.1% of VIG, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jul 31 to Aug 31, 2026.
About Atmos Energy
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.
What Atmos Energy says it competes with
“Although our regulated distribution operations are not currently in significant direct competition with any other distributors of natural gas to residential and commercial customers within our service areas, we do compete with other natural gas suppliers and suppliers of alternative fuels for sales to industrial customers.”
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What does ATO's Quality Score say?
ATO scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #4 of 10 in Natural Gas Distribution by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
What is ATO's Quality Score?
ATO scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #4 of 10 in Natural Gas Distribution by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind ATO's 9.
Are insiders buying ATO?
One insider bought $50K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest is William James Ware, Director, who bought $50K on Aug 11.
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