Executive Chairman of Atmos Energy Corp. (ATO) Robert W Best sells 67,230 shares of ATO on 11/24/2010 at an average price of $30.32 a share.

Atmos Energy Corp. has a market cap of $2.7 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.97 with a P/E ratio of 13.3 and P/S ratio of 0.6. The dividend yield of Atmos Energy Corp. stocks is 4.5%. Atmos Energy Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 5.8% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Atmos Energy Corp. the business predictability rank of 3-star.

ATO is in the portfolios of Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Paul Tudor Jones of The Tudor Group, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: Sr VP, CFO and Treasurer F E Meisenheimer sold 6,584 shares of ATO stock on 11/22/2010 at the average price of 30.51. F E Meisenheimer owns at least 28,793 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.77% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of ATO. For the complete insider trading history of ATO, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: Director Phillip E Nichol sold 2,000 shares of ATO stock on 11/24/2010 at the average price of 30.24. Phillip E Nichol owns at least 8,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.89% since.


• Sell: Executive Chairman Robert W Best sold 175,000 shares of ATO stock on 11/10/2010 at the average price of 30.17. Robert W Best owns at least 433,339 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.66% since.


• Sell: Sr VP and General Counsel Louis P Gregory sold 8,500 shares of ATO stock on 08/24/2010 at the average price of 28.4. Louis P Gregory owns at least 48,179 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.53% since.


• Sell: Sr VP and General Counsel Louis P Gregory sold 4,000 shares of ATO stock on 08/17/2010 at the average price of 29. Louis P Gregory owns at least 56,679 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.34% since.


• Sell: Sr VP and General Counsel Louis P Gregory sold 3,000 shares of ATO stock on 08/11/2010 at the average price of 28.9. Louis P Gregory owns at least 60,679 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.7% since.

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