National Fuel Gas - NFG Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Fuel Gas in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for National Fuel Gas' stock. Their NFG share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $70.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price.
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National Fuel Gas' stock was trading at $63.30 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NFG shares have decreased by 5.7% and is now trading at $59.68.
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National Fuel Gas saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,850,000 shares, an increase of 45.4% from the December 15th total of 1,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 465,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.1 days. Currently, 3.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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) released its earnings results on Friday, February, 3rd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.19. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $658.86 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $600.10 million. National Fuel Gas had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.01% and a net margin of 26.25%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.48 EPS.

National Fuel Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.475 per share on Friday, January 13th. This represents a $1.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.18%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 29th.
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National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.28%. 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 28.15% 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 (EPS) 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.65%), Poplar Forest Capital LLC (0.57%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.56%), Hallmark Capital Management Inc. (0.38%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.17%) and Foundry Partners LLC (0.14%). 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 $59.68.

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) has a market capitalization of $5.48 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.