ATO Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own ATO shares is 1091, representing 100.07% of the company's common stock.

DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in ATO by -5.33% restricting it's holding to 1.41 million shares of worth nearly $167.59M. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also lessened -2.82% of the ATO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.47 million shares of worth $174.95M. PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA also shunned ATO shares holding by -10.29% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.54 million shares worth $183.27M.

As per its latest 13F filing, PERPETUAL LTD increased its stake in ATO by 46.23% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.41 million shares having worth more than $167.81M. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC also added 40.8% more shares of ATO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.41 million shares of worth $168.02M. COOKE & BIELER LP also increased its ATO shares holding by 8.02% which brought its holding to 1.46 million shares worth $173.00M.

The insider with the most stakes in ATO is BEST ROBERT W , Executive Chairman at the company. Additionally, ATO stock is highly held by director COCKLIN KIM R and Sr VP and CFO REDDY J PATRICK among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.31% percent of Atmos Energy Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which ATO insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WALTERS DIANA J, COCKLIN KIM R, and THOMAS RICHARD M.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Atmos Energy Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 2500 shares

Around 2.6K Atmos Energy Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.31% of ATO stock.

ATO Executive Chairman, BEST ROBERT W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. ATO shares owned by BEST total nearly 414.29 thousand.

DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN is the largest institutional owner in ATO which holds 1.41 million shares worth $167.59M or 0.93% of the total ATO shares outstanding followed by PERPETUAL LTD with ownership of 1.41 million shares representing 0.93% of the ATO ownership. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 1.41 million shares or 0.94% of the ownership worth more than $168.02M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the ATO is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of ATO shares short is 4.85M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 155.42M shares of ATO are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, ATO has 154.58M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for ATO is 7.09.