ATO Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

NiSource has a net margin of 29.92% compared to Atmos Energy's net margin of 14.1%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 9.03% beat NiSource's return on equity of 7.49%.

Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $157.28, signalling downside risk potential of -0.54%. On the other hand NiSource has an analysts' consensus of $41.97 which suggests that it could grow by 6.38%. Given that NiSource has higher upside potential than Atmos Energy, analysts believe NiSource is more attractive than Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.687, which suggesting that the stock is 31.251% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NiSource has a beta of 0.483, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 51.669%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.12%. NiSource offers a yield of 2.73% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share. Atmos Energy pays 47.27% of its earnings as a dividend. NiSource pays out 64.34% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Atmos Energy quarterly revenues are $1.2B, which are smaller than NiSource quarterly revenues of $1.6B. Atmos Energy's net income of $351.9M is higher than NiSource's net income of $223.9M. Notably, Atmos Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.62x while NiSource's PE ratio is 24.20x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Atmos Energy is 5.85x versus 3.30x for NiSource. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

New Jersey Resources has a net margin of 29.92% compared to Atmos Energy's net margin of 26.89%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 9.03% beat New Jersey Resources's return on equity of 15.21%.

Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $157.28, signalling downside risk potential of -0.54%. On the other hand New Jersey Resources has an analysts' consensus of $54.00 which suggests that it could grow by 9.91%. Given that New Jersey Resources has higher upside potential than Atmos Energy, analysts believe New Jersey Resources is more attractive than Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.687, which suggesting that the stock is 31.251% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.586, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 41.445%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.12%. New Jersey Resources offers a yield of 3.6% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. Atmos Energy pays 47.27% of its earnings as a dividend. New Jersey Resources pays out 56.96% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Atmos Energy quarterly revenues are $1.2B, which are larger than New Jersey Resources quarterly revenues of $488.4M. Atmos Energy's net income of $351.9M is higher than New Jersey Resources's net income of $131.3M. Notably, Atmos Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.62x while New Jersey Resources's PE ratio is 14.80x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Atmos Energy is 5.85x versus 2.69x for New Jersey Resources. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Spire has a net margin of 29.92% compared to Atmos Energy's net margin of 12.15%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 9.03% beat Spire's return on equity of 7.56%.

Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $157.28, signalling downside risk potential of -0.54%. On the other hand Spire has an analysts' consensus of $78.00 which suggests that it could grow by 1.27%. Given that Spire has higher upside potential than Atmos Energy, analysts believe Spire is more attractive than Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.687, which suggesting that the stock is 31.251% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Spire has a beta of 0.564, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 43.626%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.12%. Spire offers a yield of 4% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share. Atmos Energy pays 47.27% of its earnings as a dividend. Spire pays out 72.5% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Atmos Energy quarterly revenues are $1.2B, which are larger than Spire quarterly revenues of $669.1M. Atmos Energy's net income of $351.9M is higher than Spire's net income of $81.3M. Notably, Atmos Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.62x while Spire's PE ratio is 18.65x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Atmos Energy is 5.85x versus 1.76x for Spire. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a net margin of 29.92% compared to Atmos Energy's net margin of 7.28%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 9.03% beat Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 5.59%.

Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $157.28, signalling downside risk potential of -0.54%. On the other hand Southwest Gas Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $78.57 which suggests that it could grow by 8.32%. Given that Southwest Gas Holdings has higher upside potential than Atmos Energy, analysts believe Southwest Gas Holdings is more attractive than Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.687, which suggesting that the stock is 31.251% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.502, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 49.773%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.12%. Southwest Gas Holdings offers a yield of 3.42% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share. Atmos Energy pays 47.27% of its earnings as a dividend. Southwest Gas Holdings pays out 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Atmos Energy quarterly revenues are $1.2B, which are smaller than Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues of $1.3B. Atmos Energy's net income of $351.9M is higher than Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $92.5M. Notably, Atmos Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.62x while Southwest Gas Holdings's PE ratio is 26.34x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Atmos Energy is 5.85x versus 1.02x for Southwest Gas Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.