Barclays Upgrades Atlas Energy Solutions to Equal-Weight from Underweight
Fintel reports that on September 28, 2026, Barclays upgraded their outlook for Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) from Underweight to Equal-Weight. This rating action follows a prior action by Barclays on August 7, 2026, when the firm maintained its Underweight rating on the company. In other recent analyst coverage, Citigroup maintained its Buy rating for Atlas Energy Solutions on September 3, 2026.
On the day of the rating action, September 28, 2026, Atlas Energy Solutions closed at $12.29. This followed a pre-action close of $12.47 on September 25, 2026. The stock has experienced a price change of -7.39% over one week, relative to a baseline close of $13.27 on September 21, 2026. Over a one-month period, the stock recorded a price change of -4.36% from a baseline close of $12.85 on August 28, 2026.
As of September 15, 2026, the current consensus target mean for the stock was $17.77, representing a current consensus target implied change percent of +44.55%. The current consensus target median was $17.34. This compares to a prior consensus target mean of $18.10 as of August 28, 2026, reflecting a consensus target revision percent of -1.88%. For the current recommendation period of September 1, 2026, the aggregate analyst recommendations consisted of 5 strong buy, 6 buy, 5 hold, 2 sell, and 0 strong sell ratings, totaling 18 recommendations. This distribution represents 61.1% positive, 27.8% hold, and 11.1% negative recommendations. These figures remained unchanged from the prior recommendation period of August 1, 2026, which also reported 5 strong buy, 6 buy, 5 hold, 2 sell, and 0 strong sell ratings, with a total of 18 recommendations and identical percentage distributions.
Atlas Energy Solutions last reported its quarterly earnings on August 3, 2026. The company reported an actual EPS of -0.13, compared to the analyst estimate of -0.1469. The actual revenue for the quarter was $293,178,000.00, which was above the estimated revenue of $286,487,624.00.
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest recommendation | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2026 | Barclays | Underweight | Equal-Weight | upgrade |
| September 3, 2026 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | maintained |
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