Earnings Preview For Atmos Energy

Atmos Energy ATO announces its next round of earnings Wednesday. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for the Q2 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street analysts see Atmos Energy reporting earnings of $1.54 on revenue of $1.1 billion.

In the same quarter last year, Atmos Energy reported earnings per share of $1.52 on sales of $988.18 million. If the company were to match the consensus estimate when it reports Wednesday, EPS would be up 1.32 percent. Sales would be have grown 11.32 percent from the same quarter last year. Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 7.58 percent. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably satisfied going into this earnings release. Analyst estimates have adjusted higher for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. Analysts have been rating Atmos Energy stock as Neutral. The strength of this rating has maintained conviction over the past three months.