Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO): Price and Financial Metrics

ATO POWR Grades

• ATO scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 75.59% of US stocks.
• ATO's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• ATO ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 11th percentile.

ATO Stock Summary

• ATO's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 5,098.12 -- higher than 99.17% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• ATO's went public 36.27 years ago, making it older than 92.84% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Of note is the ratio of Atmos Energy Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 8.41% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Atmos Energy Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be DRVN, CNX, NHTC, CSR, and OPI.
• Visit ATO's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.atmosenergy.com.

ATO Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, ATO's price/sales ratio is 34.48% higher, now standing at 3.9.
• ATO's price/sales ratio has moved up 3.3 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, ATO's price/sales ratio has gone up 3.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ATO.

ATO Growth Metrics

The 4 year revenue growth rate now stands at -17.72%.
• The 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 48.7%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 25.19%.

Over the past 15 months, ATO's revenue has gone up $684,659,000.

The table below shows ATO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	3,505.796	-1,179.496	697.094
2021-09-30	3,407.49	-1,084.251	665.563
2021-06-30	3,314.02	-1,015.954	682.176
2021-03-31	3,201.462	-998.022	697.556
2020-12-31	2,860.054	1,022.623	640.448
2020-09-30	2,821.137	1,037.999	601.443

ATO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ATO has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 23.39% of graded US stocks.
• ATO's asset turnover comes in at 0.188 -- ranking 70th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• SO, AEP, and ED are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ATO.

The table below shows ATO's key quality metrics over time.