Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO) earnings on August 5, 2026
More Atmos Energy Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
Atmos Energy's stock was nearly flat after earnings, closing down just 0.18%. The company beat profit estimates but missed on sales.
ATO price around the earnings
171.98
Change: -0.1%
2026-08-06, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
170.66
171.72
172.79
173.85
172.12
August 5, 2026
August 5, 2026
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
- Thesis published
- Results released
Stable utility with consistent earnings beats and modest positive trend strength, but limited analyst upside potential.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Strong sell-off into earnings, with recent scores indicating increasing pessimistic sentiment and after a strong recent drop conditions.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Hold
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.73
- Analysts covering the stock
- 12
- Average price target
- 188.92
- Lowest price target
- 170
- Highest price target
- 206
- Upside to price target
- 10.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 19.8%
- Revenue growth
- 0.6%
- Forward EPS
- 9.02
- Trailing EPS
- 8.11
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 5
- Strong buy: 1
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 11
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 2
- Hold
- 11
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
- July 17, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- July 14, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 14, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- July 13, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Initiates coverage (Overweight)
- July 2, 2026 · Argus Research: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
Sources (4)
- Truist Securities Maintains Hold on Atmos Energy, Raises Price Target to $188 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Atmos Energy, Raises Price Target to $198 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Atmos Energy, Lowers Price Target to $183 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Initiates Coverage On Atmos Energy with Overweight Rating, Announces Price Target of $200 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 172.68
- Average true range (ATR)
- 1.7%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -10.3%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -1.3%
- 30-day change (33d)
- -2.3%
- 30-day relative strength
- -5.8%
- SPY change (33d)
- +3.5%
- Nearest support
- 172.07
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.4%
- Nearest resistance
- 172.81
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.1%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.57
- Mid: 172.07 (0.4% away, 0.2 ATR, 21 touches)
- Minor: 171.14 (0.9% away, 0.52 ATR, 1 touches)
- Mid: 170.54 (1.2% away, 0.72 ATR, 21 touches)
- Mid: 172.81 (0.1% away, 0.04 ATR, 13 touches)
- Major: 173.55 (0.5% away, 0.3 ATR, 38 touches)
- Mid: 174.1 (0.8% away, 0.48 ATR, 14 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +2.5%
- May 6, 2026: actual EPS 3.47 vs estimate 3.41 (surprise +1.8%)
- February 3, 2026: actual EPS 2.44 vs estimate 2.44 (surprise +0.1%)
- November 6, 2025: actual EPS 1.07 vs estimate 1 (surprise +6.8%)
- August 6, 2025: actual EPS 1.16 vs estimate 1.15 (surprise +1.3%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +1.3%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 1.6%
- 75th percentile move
- 2.3%
- 90th percentile move
- 3.6%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 10
- Average up move
- +2.7%
- Average down move
- -1.1%
Monitoring and close
What Atmos Energy Corporation reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 1.43 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 1.36 |
| EPS surprise | +5.1% |
Atmos Energy beat expectations with Q3 EPS of $1.43 versus $1.36 estimate. The company affirmed its FY2026 EPS guidance.
Sources (3)
- Atmos Energy beat expectations with earnings of $1.43 per share, versus the $1.36 estimate. — Benzinga
- Atmos Energy Q3 EPS $1.43 Beats $1.36 Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Atmos Energy Affirms FY2026 GAAP EPS Guidance of $8.40-$8.50 vs $8.46 Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, results beat expectations and the price is indicating -0.9% pre-market, a move below the stock's usual reaction (about 2%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: that move is too small to draw conclusions from.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- -0.2%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0.7%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 0.9%