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 $157.20, signalling downside risk potential of -3.36%. On the other hand NiSource has an analysts' consensus of $42.43 which suggests that it could grow by 4.82%. 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 0.736, which suggesting that the stock is 26.437% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NiSource has a beta of 0.534, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 46.601%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.06%. NiSource offers a yield of 2.69% 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 23.27x while NiSource's PE ratio is 24.83x. 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 6.02x versus 3.38x 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 22.38%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 9.03% beat New Jersey Resources's return on equity of 18.35%.

Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $157.20, signalling downside risk potential of -3.36%. On the other hand New Jersey Resources has an analysts' consensus of $54.00 which suggests that it could grow by 10.63%. 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 0.736, which suggesting that the stock is 26.437% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.660, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 34.007%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.06%. New Jersey Resources offers a yield of 3.63% 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 $913M. Atmos Energy's net income of $351.9M is higher than New Jersey Resources's net income of $204.3M. Notably, Atmos Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.27x while New Jersey Resources's PE ratio is 11.85x. 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 6.02x versus 2.35x 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 19.91%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 9.03% beat Spire's return on equity of 7.51%.

Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $157.20, signalling downside risk potential of -3.36%. On the other hand Spire has an analysts' consensus of $79.70 which suggests that it could grow by 4.72%. 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 0.736, which suggesting that the stock is 26.437% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Spire has a beta of 0.647, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.28%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.06%. Spire offers a yield of 4.05% 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 $1.1B. Atmos Energy's net income of $351.9M is higher than Spire's net income of $209.3M. Notably, Atmos Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.27x while Spire's PE ratio is 18.75x. 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 6.02x versus 1.82x 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 $157.20, signalling downside risk potential of -3.36%. On the other hand Southwest Gas Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $78.43 which suggests that it could grow by 2.6%. 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 0.736, which suggesting that the stock is 26.437% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.476, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 52.423%.

Atmos Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.06%. Southwest Gas Holdings offers a yield of 3.24% 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 23.27x while Southwest Gas Holdings's PE ratio is 27.76x. 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 6.02x versus 1.08x for Southwest Gas Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.