Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO): Price and Financial Metrics

ATO POWR Grades

• ATO scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 42.51% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ATO is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 48 weeks.
• ATO's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 13.75% of US stocks).

ATO Stock Summary

• ATO's went public 35.75 years ago, making it older than 92.67% 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; just 9.69% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of Atmos Energy Corp's share price is greater than that of only 5.99% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Atmos Energy Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be VST, HNP, ZNH, ARLP, and APLE.
• ATO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Atmos Energy Corp's official 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 net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 71.73%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 11.02%.
• The 5 year price growth rate now stands at 61.43%.

Over the past 70 months, ATO's revenue has gone down $828,116,000.

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
2021-06-30	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
2020-06-30	2,789.906	1,055.327	594.516
2020-03-31	2,782.649	1,041.715	557.191

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 24.69% of graded US stocks.
• ATO's asset turnover comes in at 0.188 -- ranking 70th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• SO, RGCO, 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.