Benzinga | Aug 4, 2020 11:54AM EDT

Atmos Energy Earnings Preview

On Wednesday, August 05, Atmos Energy (NYSE: ATO) will release its latest earnings report. Decipher the announcement with Benzinga's help.

Earnings and Revenue

Analysts predict Atmos Energy will report earnings of $0.76 per share on revenue of $580.96 million. In the same quarter last year, Atmos Energy reported earnings per share of $0.68 on sales of $485.74 million. If the company were to match the consensus estimate, earnings would be up 11.76%. Here's how the Atmos Energy's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2019 Q3 2019EPS Estimate 1.93 1.49 0.46 0.68EPS Actual 1.95 1.47 0.49 0.68Revenue Estimate 1.18 B 971.70 M 553.72 M 672.27 MRevenue Actual 977.66 M 875.56 M 443.68 M 485.74 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 2.73%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely a little upset going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Atmos Energy is scheduled to hold the call at 10:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://78449.themediaframe.com/dataconf/productusers/ato/mediaframe/39325/indexl.html