Atmos Energy Corporation vs Consolidated Edison, Inc. — how do they compare? Atmos Energy Corporation trades at $178.45 (market cap $29.96B), while Consolidated Edison, Inc. trades at $111.89 (market cap $41.21B). The key difference: Consolidated Edison, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Consolidated Edison, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.11%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ATO | ED | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $29.96B | $41.21B |
Sector | Utilities | Utilities |
52-Week High | $192.25 | $115.46 |
52-Week Low | $154.10 | $95.37 |
Enterprise Value | $39.47B | $68.24B |
Dividend Yield | 2.23% | 3.11% |
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Atmos Energy is the largest publicly traded, fully regulated, pure-play natural gas utility in the United States, serving more than 3 million customers in Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. About two thirds of its earnings come from Texas, where it distributes natural gas in northern Texas and owns an intrastate gas pipeline spanning several key shale gas formations and interconnected with five storage facilities.
Read more on ATO →Con Ed is a holding company for Consolidated Edison of New York, or CECONY, and Orange & Rockland, or O&R. These utilities provide steam, natural gas, and electricity to customers in southeastern New York—including New York City—and small parts of New Jersey. The two utilities will generate nearly all of Con Ed's earnings once it closes the sale of its clean energy business to RWE. Con Ed's clean energy business owns the second-largest portfolio of utility-scale solar projects in the U.S. Following the sale, Con Ed's only non-utility earnings will come from investments in gas and electric transmission.
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