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ATMOS ENERGY CORP Stock $ato

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2017 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000073180217000022 Filed on May 04, 2017

Income Statement

Concept	2017 Q2	2017 Q1	2016 Q1
Revenue	$526.5M	$988.2M	$890.0M
YoY Change	15.41%	11.03%	-24.13%
Cost Of Revenue	$114.2M	$427.5M	$377.4M
YoY Change	76.78%	13.28%	-62.97%
Gross Profit	$412.3M	$560.7M	$512.7M
YoY Change	5.28%	9.37%	1.41%
Gross Profit Margin	78.31%	56.74%	57.6%
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$80.00M	$77.70M	$72.00M
YoY Change	8.84%	7.92%	5.88%
% of Gross Profit	19.4%	13.86%	14.04%
Operating Expenses	$271.6M	$275.5M	$267.8M
YoY Change	0.54%	2.88%	-1.01%
Operating Profit	$140.7M	$285.2M	$251.7M
YoY Change	9.55%	13.32%	3.99%
Interest Expense	$28.50M	$26.94M	$27.56M
YoY Change	2.96%	-2.23%	0.41%
% of Operating Profit	20.26%	9.45%	10.95%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$289.0K	$833.0K	-$329.0K
YoY Change	-125.85%	-353.19%	-78.92%
Pretax Income	$111.9M	$259.1M	$223.8M
YoY Change	9.86%	15.77%	1.16%
Income Tax	$41.07M	$97.05M	$80.77M
% Of Pretax Income	36.71%	37.46%	36.09%
Net Earnings	$70.81M	$164.7M	$141.8M
YoY Change	-0.54%	16.16%	3.0%
Net Earnings / Revenue	13.45%	16.67%	15.93%
Basic Earnings Per Share			$1.38
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$665.4K	$1.555M	$1.38
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	105.3M shares	105.2M shares	102.1M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding

Balance Sheet

Concept	2017 Q2	2017 Q1	2016 Q1
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$70.00M	$45.00M	$48.00M
YoY Change	6.06%	-6.25%	-50.0%
Cash & Equivalents	$69.78M	$45.40M	$47.92M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$62.73M	$61.02M	$52.45M
YoY Change	3.67%	16.33%	-21.86%
Inventory	$152.0M	$120.0M	$191.0M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$250.2M	$336.6M	$361.6M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$534.4M	$563.1M	$652.9M
YoY Change	-17.65%	-13.76%	-20.15%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$8.924B	$8.738B	$7.839B
YoY Change	10.8%	11.47%	11.57%
Goodwill	$729.7M	$729.7M	$742.7M
YoY Change	-1.75%	-1.75%	0.09%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$310.3M	$330.2M	$308.9M
YoY Change	9.97%	6.9%	-9.39%
Total Long-Term Assets	$9.964B	$9.798B	$8.891B
YoY Change	9.76%	10.21%	9.64%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$534.4M	$563.1M	$652.9M
Total Long-Term Assets	$9.964B	$9.798B	$8.891B
Total Assets	$10.50B	$10.36B	$9.544B
YoY Change	7.93%	8.57%	6.92%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$164.0M	$185.0M	$227.0M
YoY Change	-17.59%	-18.5%	-23.31%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$258.6M	$670.6M	$626.9M
YoY Change	-61.43%	6.97%	178.65%
Long-Term Debt Due	$0.00	$250.0M
YoY Change	-100.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$745.7M	$1.496B	$1.227B
YoY Change	-51.26%	21.89%	20.51%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$3.067B	$2.315B	$2.456B
YoY Change	39.04%	-5.74%	0.01%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$169.1M	$155.1M	$237.5M
YoY Change	-26.08%	-34.72%	30.56%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$3.236B	$2.470B	$2.693B
YoY Change	32.92%	-8.3%	2.12%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$745.7M	$1.496B	$1.227B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$3.236B	$2.470B	$2.693B
Total Liabilities	$3.982B	$3.966B	$3.920B
YoY Change	0.44%	1.16%	7.24%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$1.480B	$1.457B	$1.245B
YoY Change	16.26%	16.99%	15.83%
Common Stock	$2.526B	$2.465B	$2.256B
YoY Change	6.51%	9.24%	2.91%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$3.902B	$3.835B	$3.345B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$10.50B	$10.36B	$9.544B
YoY Change	7.93%	8.57%	6.92%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2017 Q2	2017 Q1	2016 Q1
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$70.81M	$164.7M	$141.8M
YoY Change	-0.54%	16.16%	3.0%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$80.00M	$77.70M	$72.00M
YoY Change	8.84%	7.92%	5.88%
Cash From Operating Activities	$193.6M	$435.0M	$382.9M
YoY Change	9.44%	13.61%	-25.42%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$252.7M	-$261.4M	-$245.6M
YoY Change	-0.39%	6.43%	36.22%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$22.10M	$136.9M	$2.400M
YoY Change	481.58%	5604.17%	-500.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$230.7M	-$124.6M	-$243.2M
YoY Change	-7.68%	-48.77%	34.44%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	61.50M	-309.8M	-170.6M
YoY Change	-32.57%	81.59%	-52.72%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	193.6M	435.0M	382.9M
Cash From Investing Activities	-230.7M	-124.6M	-243.2M
Cash From Financing Activities	61.50M	-309.8M	-170.6M
Net Change In Cash	24.40M	600.0K	-30.90M
YoY Change	34.07%	-101.94%	9.19%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$193.6M	$435.0M	$382.9M
Capital Expenditures	-$252.7M	-$261.4M	-$245.6M
Free Cash Flow	$446.3M	$696.4M	$628.5M
YoY Change	3.65%	10.8%	-9.4%

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	us-gaap	Business Acquisition Description Of Acquired Entity BusinessAcquisitionDescriptionOfAcquiredEntity	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 20, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we executed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire the general partnership and limited partnership interests in EnLink North Texas Pipeline, LP (EnLink Pipeline) from EnLink Energy GP, LLC and EnLink Midstream Operating, LP for an all–cash price of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$85 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, plus estimated working capital. After considering estimated working capital, the total proceeds paid were </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$85.7 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The final purchase price is subject to adjustment after the estimated working capital is finalized during the third quarter of fiscal 2017.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">EnLink Pipeline's primary asset is a 140–mile natural gas pipeline located on the north side of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. As of March 31, 2017, the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$85 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> purchase price has been allocated, based on fair value using observable market inputs, to the net book value of the acquired pipeline. </font></div></div>
	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Nature of Business</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Atmos Energy Corporation (“Atmos Energy” or the “Company”) is engaged in the regulated natural gas distribution and pipeline and storage businesses. Our regulated businesses are subject to federal and state regulation and/or regulation by local authorities in each of the states in which our regulated divisions and subsidiaries operate.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our distribution business delivers natural gas through sales and transportation arrangements to approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">three million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> residential, commercial, public authority and industrial customers through our </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">six</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> natural gas distribution divisions, which at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">March 31, 2017</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, covered service areas located in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">eight</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> states. In addition, we transport natural gas for others through our distribution system and manage our storage assets located in Kentucky and Tennessee, which are used solely to support our regulated natural gas distribution operations in those states. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our pipeline and storage business includes the transportation of natural gas to our North Texas and Louisiana distribution systems and the management of our underground storage facilities used to support our North Texas distribution business.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Effective January 1, 2017, we completed the sale of all of the equity interests of Atmos Energy Marketing (AEM) to CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc., a subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CES). Accordingly, AEM’s historical financial results are reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations, which required retrospective application to financial information for all periods presented. Refer to Note 6 for further information. Our discontinued natural gas marketing segment was primarily engaged in a nonregulated natural gas marketing business, conducted by AEM. This business provided natural gas management and transportation services to municipalities, regulated distribution companies, including certain divisions of Atmos Energy, and third parties.</font></div></div>

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