Benzinga · Sep 11, 2026
JP Morgan Downgrades Atmos Energy to Neutral, Lowers Price Target to $180
JP Morgan analyst Jeremy Tonet downgrades Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) from Overweight to Neutral and lowers the price target from $198 to $180.
NYSE · ATO
Atmos Energy Corporation
Utilities · Regulated Gas
$162.04
Down-$1.80 (-1.10%)
Updated Sep 16, 2026, 11:09 AM
SID Score
5.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 27B
- P/E ratio
- 22.15
- Dividend yield
- 2.23%
- 52-week range
- $163.04 – $192.51
- Volume
- 1.11M
- Avg. volume
- 958.16K
Price performance
ATO price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
ATO closed at $162.04 after 20 trading sessions, down 4.97% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $162.04
- Period change
- -4.97%
- Period low
- $162.04
- Period high
- $171.31
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $163.81 | $164.25 | $161.99 | $162.04 | 1.11M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $164.16 | $165.075 | $163.14 | $163.84 | 987.56K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $165.72 | $165.87 | $163.04 | $163.19 | 970.69K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $167.56 | $168.06 | $164.67 | $164.81 | 902.99K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $168.22 | $168.30 | $165.89 | $166.59 | 667.01K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $167.19 | $169.06 | $167.19 | $168.07 | 773.73K |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $168.40 | $169.58 | $167.28 | $167.56 | 694.13K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $168.30 | $169.44 | $167.42 | $169.12 | 688.59K |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $167.66 | $168.3551 | $165.98 | $167.68 | 874.85K |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $167.13 | $167.75 | $166.165 | $167.70 | 785.04K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $165.50 | $166.755 | $164.62 | $166.13 | 1.15M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $168.35 | $168.35 | $166.38 | $166.65 | 516.72K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $168.07 | $168.07 | $166.41 | $167.22 | 825.26K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $167.74 | $169.63 | $166.50 | $169.46 | 739.21K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $167.94 | $168.43 | $167.10 | $167.56 | 971.42K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $166.35 | $167.97 | $166.03 | $167.82 | 795.7K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $172.12 | $172.12 | $166.85 | $166.85 | 1.07M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $170.75 | $173.125 | $170.37 | $170.52 | 1.13M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $171.40 | $172.17 | $170.385 | $171.31 | 916.25K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $172.07 | $172.73 | $170.32 | $170.51 | 825.85K |
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Company profile
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.
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Hold
- Average target
- $173.00
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 19
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | JP Morgan | Neutral | — |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Truist Securities | Hold | — |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Truist Securities | Hold | — |
| Jul 14, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
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