<div id="readability-page-1"><p>12:45 PM EDT, 05/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:</p><p>We trim our 12-month target by $1 to $204, 22.7x our next-12-month EPS estimate of $9.00, a premium to peers and above ATO's five-year historical forward average of 19.1x given our positive fundamental outlook for gas utilities and supportive customer growth trends in ATO's service territory. ATO's guidance update exceeded our expectations, raising its FY 26 EPS guidance to an $8.45 midpoint, up from the prior $8.25 midpoint. We lift our FY 26 EPS estimate by $0.27 to $8.52, above the guidance midpoint given ATO's track record of exceeding targets. We also lift FY 27 EPS by $0.25 to $9.08. Our expectation of rising gas demand in Texas is actively playing out, with the company adding over 51,000 new customers in the last 12 months (39,000+ in Texas alone), including 800 commercial and four industrial customers in Q2 alone. Customer growth supports gas distribution volumes and can create additional opportunities for capital investment and subsequent rate increases, in our view.</p> <p>MT Newswires does not provide investment advice. Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited.</p></div>

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<p>CFRA 对 Atmos Energy Corporation 维持买入评级，将 12 个月目标价调整至 204 美元。分析师将 2026 财年的每股收益指导上调至 8.45 美元的中位数，较之前的 8.25 美元有所上升，并将每股收益预估提高至 8.52 美元。他们还将 2027 财年的每股收益上调至 9.08 美元，理由是德克萨斯州客户增长强劲，过去一年新增客户超过 51,000 名。这一增长支持了天然气分销量和潜在的资本投资机会</p>

研究警报：CFRA 维持对 Atmos Energy 公司股票的买入评级