Credit: Shutterstock photoAtmos Energy Corporation ( ATO ) will begin trading ex-dividend on November 23, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.525 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 10, 2018. Shareholders who purchased ATO prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 8.25% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $98.2, the dividend yield is 2.14%.
The previous trading day's last sale of ATO was $98.2, representing a -2.54% decrease from the 52 week high of $100.76 and a 28.43% increase over the 52 week low of $76.46.
ATO is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as Cheniere Energy Partners, LP ( CQP ) and Cheniere Energy, Inc. ( LNG ). ATO's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.48. Zacks Investment Research reports ATO's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as 6.85%, compared to an industry average of 9.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the ATO Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to ATO through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have ATO as a top-10 holding:
- Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF ( XMLV )
- SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF (based on S&P MidCap 400 Value ( MDYV )
- iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF ( IJJ )
- SPDR MidCap Trust Series I ( MDY )
- iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF ( IJH ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is XMLV with an increase of 0.66% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of ATO at 1.56%.
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