Atmos Energy Dividend yield

Atmos Energy is part of Gas Water and Multiutilities business, which is part of Utilities industry. Atmos Energy is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Atmos Energy stock dividend

Atmos Energy paid a total dividend of 429 million USD last year, for a market value of 16,813 millions (Market Cap 16,679 millions). Atmos Energy dividend per share is 2.96 USD, and his stock market price 115.95 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Atmos Energy has a dividend yield of 2.55%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Atmos Energy stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Atmos Energy Dividend Payout

About the ability of Atmos Energy to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.96 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.55%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Atmos Energy payout on ernings is currently 55.12%, which is higher than the market average, but lower than companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Atmos Energy should not have problems to continue paying his dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Atmos Energy is USD 6.78 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.96, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Atmos Energy, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Gas Water and Multiutilities sector companies.

Atmos Energy Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Atmos Energy's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.55%	2.96	55.12%	145
2022	2.64%	2.96	53.05%	139
2021	2.60%	2.72	53.44%	131
2020	2.62%	2.50	52.41%	126
2019	2.06%	2.30	53.24%	118

*In millions

Atmos Energy Stock performance

Finally, last moth Atmos Energy showed a return of -4.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 2.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.