Atmos Energy, symbol ATO was a 2011 and 2012 Dividend Machine. Nasdaq published this piece about ATO. History has been kind to this Dividend Machine. Since we bought in 2011 dividends increased 23.53% and since we bought in 2012 dividends increased 21.74%.
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/atmos-energy-likely-to-boost-dividend-cm700656/amp
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