Atmos Energy Corporation Reports Earnings for Fiscal 2025 Second Quarter; Raises Fiscal 2025 Guidance
Fiscal Year-to-Date Highlights
Earnings per diluted share of $5.26 on net income of $837.4 million.
Capital expenditures were $1,730.9 million; approximately 85% focused on safety and reliability.
Strong financial profile with 60.9% equity capitalization and $5.3 billion in available liquidity.
Implemented $152.6 million in annualized regulatory outcomes.
Outlook
Fiscal 2025 earnings per diluted share guidance raised to the range of $7.20 - $7.30 from $7.05 - $7.25 per diluted share.
Fiscal 2025 capital expenditure guidance expected to be approximately $3.7 billion.
The company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per common share. The indicated annual dividend for fiscal 2025 is $3.48, which represents an 8.1% increase over fiscal 2024.
"Our results for the first half of fiscal 2025 reflect the hard work and dedication of all of our employees who provide exceptional customer service while safely and reliably operating our natural gas distribution, transmission, and storage systems," said Kevin Akers, president and chief executive officer of Atmos Energy Corporation. "Their continued focus on our vision to be the safest provider of natural gas services, while pursuing our proven strategy continues to benefit our customers and the communities we are proud to serve," Akers concluded.
Conference Call to be Webcast May 8, 2025
Atmos Energy will host a conference call with financial analysts to discuss the fiscal 2025 second quarter financial results on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The domestic telephone number is 800-715-9871 and the international telephone number is 646-307-1963. The conference ID is 15904. The conference call will be webcast live on the Atmos Energy website at www.investors.atmosenergy.com/events-and-presentations. A playback of the call will be available on the website later that day.
Forward-Looking Statements
The matters discussed in this news release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this news release are forward-looking statements made in good faith by the company and are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this news release or any of the company's other documents or oral presentations, the words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "forecast", "goal", "intend", "objective", "plan", "projection", "seek", "strategy" or similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this release, including the risks relating to regulatory trends and decisions, the company's ability to continue to access the credit and capital markets, and the other factors discussed in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties include the following: federal, state, and local regulatory and political trends and decisions, including the impact of rate proceedings before various state regulatory commissions; increased federal regulatory oversight and potential penalties; possible increased federal, state, and local regulation of the safety of our operations; possible significant costs and liabilities resulting from pipeline integrity and other similar programs and related repairs; the inherent hazards and risks involved in distributing, transporting, and storing natural gas; the availability and accessibility of contracted gas supplies, interstate pipeline, and/or storage services; increased competition from energy suppliers and alternative forms of energy; failure to attract and retain a qualified workforce; natural disasters, adverse weather, terrorist activities, or other events and other risks and uncertainties discussed herein, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control; failure of technology that affects the Company's business operations; the threat of cyber-attacks or acts of cyber-terrorism that could disrupt our business operations and information technology systems or result in the loss or exposure of confidential or sensitive customer, employee, or Company information; the impact of new cybersecurity compliance requirements; adverse weather conditions; the impact of legislation to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions or fossil fuels; the impact of climate change; the capital-intensive nature of our business; our ability to continue to access the credit and capital markets to execute our business strategy; market risks beyond our control affecting our risk management activities, including commodity price volatility, counterparty performance or creditworthiness, and interest rate risk; the concentration of our operations in Texas; the impact of adverse economic conditions on our customers; changes in the availability and price of natural gas; and increased costs of providing health care benefits, along with pension and postretirement health care benefits and increased funding requirements.
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