Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Our stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “ATO.” The dividends paid per share of our common stock for fiscal 2020 and 2019 are listed below.



	Fiscal 2020		Fiscal 2019
Quarter ended:
December 31	$	0.575	$	0.525
March 31	0.575		0.525
June 30	0.575		0.525
September 30	0.575		0.525
	$	2.30	$	2.10

Dividends are payable at the discretion of our Board of Directors out of legally available funds. The Board of Directors typically declares dividends in the same fiscal quarter in which they are paid. As of October 31, 2020, there were 11,199 holders of record of our common stock. Future payments of dividends, and the amounts of these dividends, will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors. We sold no securities during fiscal 2020 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Performance Graph

The performance graph and table below compares the yearly percentage change in our total return to shareholders for the last five fiscal years with the total return of the S&P 500 Stock Index (S&P 500), the total return of the S&P 500 Utilities Industry Index and the cumulative total return of the customized peer company group described in Part II, Item 5 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019, referred to herein as the Old Comparison Company Index. The Old Comparison Company Index is comprised of natural gas distribution companies with similar revenues, market capitalizations and asset bases to that of the Company. The graph and table below assume that $100.00 was invested on September 30, 2015 in our common stock, the S&P 500, the S&P 500 Utilities Industry Index and in the common stock of the companies in the Old Comparison Company Index, as well as a reinvestment of dividends paid on such investments throughout the period.

Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return

among Atmos Energy Corporation, S&P 500 Index,

S&P 500 Utilities Industry Index and Old Comparison Company Index



	Cumulative Total Return
	9/30/2015	9/30/2016	9/30/2017	9/30/2018	9/30/2019	9/30/2020
Atmos Energy Corporation	100.00	131.10	151.00	172.94	214.09	183.63
S&P 500 Stock Index	100.00	115.43	136.91	161.43	168.30	193.80
S&P 500 Utilities Stock Index	100.00	117.37	131.49	135.34	172.02	163.47
Old Comparison Company Index(1)	100.00	123.44	143.69	152.10	198.43	188.11


(1)	The Old Comparison Company Index reflects the cumulative total return of the group of utility companies described in Part II, Item 5 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019, except that Vectren Corporation has since been acquired, and as a result, its cumulative total return is not included in the graph.

The following table sets forth the number of securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans at September 30, 2020.



	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights		Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights		Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
	(a)		(b)		(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan	952,586	(1)	$	—	1,288,782
Total equity compensation plans approved by security holders	952,586		—		1,288,782
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	—		—		—
Total	952,586		$	—	1,288,782


(1)	Comprised of a total of 355,481 time-lapse restricted stock units, 361,039 director share units and 236,066 performance-based restricted stock units at the target level of performance granted under our 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

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