$28.28

-0.06 (-0.21%)

5/16/2008 4:03 PM

Atmos Energy Corp (ATO)

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The Company is engaged primarily in the natural gas utility business as well as other natural gas nonutility businesses.

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76 Outperforms

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Small Cap (1922), Gas Utilities (31)
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Atmos Energy Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$28.28
Last Trade Time:	5/16/2008 4:03 PM
Open:	$28.46
Previous Close:	$28.34
Daily Range:	$28.16 - $28.58
52-Week Range:	$23.87 - $33.47
Volume:	260,622
Market Cap:	$2.56B
P/E Ratio:	15.57
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Other News Headlines for ATO

Closing Glance: Multi-Utilities Rise
3/20/2008 4:08:00 PM - AP
Opening Glance: Multi-Utilities
3/20/2008 10:15:00 AM - AP
Sector Snap: Utility Stocks Waver
3/3/2008 12:04:00 PM - AP
Sector Snap: Utility Stocks Drop
2/27/2008 1:11:00 PM - AP

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3 Atmos Energy Corp (ATO)

Avatar ccandme1 (73.99) Submitted: 2/13/07 5:22 PM

This Company produces, sells and transports Natural gas through one of the largest Pipe Line networks in this Country, and it keeps expanding. To top all this it's a well managed and profient Company.

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1 Atmos Energy Corp (ATO)

Avatar stjoe56 (65.70) Submitted: 12/14/06 7:37 PM

Company recently sold stock to pay back debt. Debt could have easily been paid back by cutting back or eliminating the dividend.

Dividend growth has been anemic: $.02 a year for the past 7 years.

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Recs 0 (ATO) Jmy9Toes (33.75) Submitted: 4/25/08 8:33 AM : Start Price: $27.65 ATO Score: -0.05 Utilities rule Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ATO) repo47 (52.53) Submitted: 3/11/08 8:28 PM : Start Price: $25.98 ATO Score: 1.37 long term Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ATO) Bigcheck (45.67) Submitted: 1/10/08 3:50 PM : Start Price: $27.77 ATO Score: 1.20 Good stock , Bad weather is a plus. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ATO) stockforfun (33.94) Submitted: 11/29/07 6:06 AM : Start Price: $25.95 ATO Score: 11.67 While this has not been, (and will not be) a high-flyer by any imaginations, it can slightly outperform when the S&P is going more side-ways. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ATO) NicieNicie (45.74) Submitted: 5/02/07 3:27 PM : Start Price: $30.60 ATO Score: 2.86 It was great fun, but ATO is looking like just one of those stocks that doesn't show the promise and peformance that happened in the Nineties. IMHO I think an investor looking for a pretty stable return might want instead to go with an energy-generating and -selling utility like the newly remodeled Dominion (D), or Southern (SO). So much larger and diversified. Putting my money where my mouth is, I'll be getting out of ATO in the next few months although that stock has been in portfolio for more than ten years. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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Top Pick	Player Name	Player Rating	Start Date	Call	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Pitch
	TrackJimCramer	80.65	02/28/08		3W	$26.61	+6.28%	+4.23%	-2.05
	TrackDreman	93.98	12/31/07		NS	$27.71	+2.05%	-2.43%	+4.48
	TrackWachovia	75.43	08/30/07		NS	$27.26	+3.73%	-1.92%	+5.65
	TrackCalyonSec	97.95	08/27/07		NS	$27.84	+1.59%	-3.51%	+5.10
	TrackHilliard	< 20	11/10/06		NS	$30.15	-6.19%	+3.27%	-9.46
	TrackLehmanBros	85.46	10/27/06		NS	$29.16	-3.03%	+2.94%	-5.97

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