National Fuel Gas (NFG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Fuel Gas in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" NFG shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for National Fuel Gas' stock. Their NFG share price targets range from $54.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $60.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.4% from the stock's current price.
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National Fuel Gas' stock was trading at $50.17 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, NFG shares have decreased by 5.0% and is now trading at $47.68.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.14. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $525.36 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $664.57 million. National Fuel Gas had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.81% and a net margin of 21.58%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 20.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.84 EPS.

National Fuel Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 29th will be given a dividend of $0.495 per share on Friday, January 12th. This represents a $1.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 28th.
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National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.15%. NFG has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 54 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 41.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.45% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF (GLRY), First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN), First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (EMLP), FT Energy Income Partners Strategy ETF (EIPX), Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL) and Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP).

National Fuel Gas updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.900-5.200 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.960. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 employees have rated National Fuel Gas Chief Executive Officer Ronald J. Tanski on Glassdoor.com. Ronald J. Tanski has an approval rating of 65% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Fuel Gas investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Dominion Energy (D), Walt Disney (DIS) and Duke Energy (DUK).

National Fuel Gas' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (1.89%), Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (1.13%), Norges Bank (1.08%), Equity Investment Corp (1.06%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.97%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.96%). Insiders that own company stock include David P Bauer, Donna L Decarolis, Justin I Loweth, Ronald C Kraemer and Ronald J Tanski.
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