Compare Stocks: NFG, FOUR, ASCL, and NFC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$41.11 -2.8%	$47.93	$34.56 ▼ $88.51	$3.34B	1.38	1.79 million shs	2.07 million shs
NFG National Fuel Gas	$82.38 -1.7%	$81.69	$75.17 ▼ $97.06	$7.97B	0.37	417,068 shs	504,443 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FOUR Shift4 Payments	-2.49%	-7.13%	-4.79%	+3.90%	-52.90%
NFG National Fuel Gas	-1.80%	-1.09%	+0.76%	+7.16%	-4.22%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$41.11 -2.8%	$47.93	$34.56 ▼ $88.51	$3.34B	1.38	1.79 million shs	2.07 million shs
NFG National Fuel Gas	$82.38 -1.7%	$81.69	$75.17 ▼ $97.06	$7.97B	0.37	417,068 shs	504,443 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FOUR Shift4 Payments	-2.49%	-7.13%	-4.79%	+3.90%	-52.90%
NFG National Fuel Gas	-1.80%	-1.09%	+0.76%	+7.16%	-4.22%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
FOUR Shift4 Payments	2.43	Hold	$60.24	46.52% Upside
NFG National Fuel Gas	2.50	Moderate Buy	$105.50	28.07% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NFG, FOUR, ASCL, and NFC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/31/2026	NFG National Fuel Gas	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
8/31/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$63.00 ➝ $67.00
8/27/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold	$50.00 ➝ $49.00
8/25/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$55.00 ➝ $59.00
8/24/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$120.00 ➝ $96.00
8/11/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
8/10/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$74.00 ➝ $68.00
8/10/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$55.00
8/7/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$51.00
8/7/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$60.00 ➝ $52.00
8/7/2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$65.00 ➝ $63.00

(Data available from 9/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$4.18B	0.78	$9.95 per share	4.13	$11.51 per share	3.57
NFG National Fuel Gas	$2.28B	3.44	$11.82 per share	6.97	$34.25 per share	2.41

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
FOUR Shift4 Payments	$119M	$0.60	68.52	7.74	0.55	2.20%	28.40%	4.61%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
NFG National Fuel Gas	$518.50M	$7.20	11.44	10.77	1.87	26.97%	19.04%	7.33%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest NFG, FOUR, ASCL, and NFC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	FOUR Shift4 Payments	$1.26	$1.32	+$0.06	$0.08	$615.65 million	$1.30 billion
7/30/2026	Q3 2026	NFG National Fuel Gas	$1.44	$1.54	+$0.10	$1.45	$564.33 million	$537.50 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
FOUR Shift4 Payments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NFG National Fuel Gas	$2.22	2.69%	+3.60%	30.83%	55 Years

Latest NFG, FOUR, ASCL, and NFC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/11/2026	NFG National Fuel Gas	quarterly	$0.5550	2.88%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
FOUR Shift4 Payments	2.59	1.21	1.21
NFG National Fuel Gas	0.91	3.20	3.07

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
FOUR Shift4 Payments	98.87%
NFG National Fuel Gas	73.96%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
FOUR Shift4 Payments	1.54%
NFG National Fuel Gas	1.32%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
FOUR Shift4 Payments	6,300	78.96 million	77.74 million	Optionable
NFG National Fuel Gas	2,322	95.04 million	93.79 million	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Makes New Investment in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

September 8 at 5:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Takes Position in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Corient Private Wealth LP Invests $745,000 in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Acquires New Position in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Invests $989,000 in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Buys Shares of 132,545 National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel Inc. Purchases 13,655 Shares of National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Takes $1.01 Million Position in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Man Group plc Takes $6.34 Million Position in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Buys Shares of 114,012 National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC Acquires New Holdings in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Why Is National Fuel Gas (NFG) Up 0.5% Since Last Earnings Report?

August 28, 2026 | zacks.com

National Fuel Gas Provides Stability For Conservative Investors

August 28, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

WNY Asset Management LLC Invests $2.44 Million in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Takes $10.24 Million Position in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Ieq Capital LLC Invests $1.72 Million in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Acquires Shares of 885,116 National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. Invests $6.82 Million in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

21,538 Shares in National Fuel Gas Company $NFG Purchased by Kendall Capital Management

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Purchases Shares of 25,213 National Fuel Gas Company $NFG

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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NFG, FOUR, ASCL, and NFC Company Descriptions

Shift4 Payments NYSE:FOUR

$41.11 -1.18 (-2.78%)

Closing price 09/9/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$40.72 -0.40 (-0.97%)

As of 09:19 AM Eastern

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE FOUR) provides integrated payment processing and technology solutions in the United States. Its payments platform provides omni-channel card acceptance and processing solutions, including end-to-end payment processing for various payment types; merchant acquiring; proprietary omni-channel gateway; complementary software integrations; integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions; security and risk management solutions; and reporting and analytical tools, as well as tokenization, risk management/underwriting, payment device and chargeback management, fraud prevention, and gift card solutions. The company also offers suite of technology solutions, such as Lighthouse, a cloud-based business intelligence tool that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling, and product pricing, as well as reporting and analytics; integrated POS for merchants business; and Skytab, a mobile payment solution. In addition, it provides marketplace technology that enable seamless integrations into third-party applications, which includes online delivery services, payroll, timekeeping, and other human resource services. Further, the company offers merchant management, training and education, marketing management, and incentives tracking solutions. Additionally, it provides merchant underwriting, onboarding and activation, training, risk management, and support services; and software integrations and compliance management, and partner support and services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

National Fuel Gas NYSE:NFG

$82.38 -1.43 (-1.71%)

Closing price 09/9/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$81.95 -0.43 (-0.53%)

As of 09:20 AM Eastern

National Fuel Gas Company operates as a diversified energy company. It operates through four segments: Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, and Utility. The Exploration and Production segment explores for, develops, and produces natural gas and oil. The Pipeline and Storage segment provides interstate natural gas transportation services through an integrated gas pipeline system in Pennsylvania and New York; and owns and operates underground natural gas storage fields. This segment also transports natural gas for National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, as well as for other utilities, industrial companies, and power producers in New York State. The Gathering segment builds, owns, and operates natural gas processing and pipeline gathering facilities in the Appalachian region, as well as provides gathering services to Seneca. The Utility segment sells natural gas or provides natural gas utility services to various customers in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Jamestown, New York; and Erie and Sharon, Pennsylvania. National Fuel Gas Company was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Williamsville, New York.

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