National Fuel Gas - NFG Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Fuel Gas in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" NFG shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NFG, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for National Fuel Gas' shares. Their NFG share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $70.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.7% from the stock's current price.
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National Fuel Gas' stock was trading at $63.30 at the start of the year. Since then, NFG shares have decreased by 12.0% and is now trading at $55.69.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 3rd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.65 by $0.19. The oil and gas producer earned $658.86 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $600.10 million. National Fuel Gas had a net margin of 26.25% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.11%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.48 earnings per share.

National Fuel Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 30th.
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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), Invesco Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), FT Energy Income Partners Strategy ETF (EIPX), Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF (GLRY), First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (EMLP), Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP), Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI) and First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN).

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.47%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 52 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 29.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.60% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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National Fuel Gas issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.35-$5.75 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.73.

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.

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National Fuel Gas trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NFG."

National Fuel Gas' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.81%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.63%), LSV Asset Management (2.06%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.40%), Energy Income Partners LLC (1.27%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.24%). 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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Shares of NFG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.69.

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) has a market capitalization of $5.11 billion and generates $2.19 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $566.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.54 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,132 workers across the globe.

National Fuel Gas' mailing address is 6363 Main Street, Williamsville NY, 14221. The official website for the company is www.nationalfuelgas.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at (716) 857-7000, via email at websterk@natfuel.com, or via fax at 281-210-5101.