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 twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating 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 target prices for National Fuel Gas' shares. Their NFG share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $78.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $68.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price.
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National Fuel Gas' stock was trading at $63.94 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NFG shares have increased by 0.4% and is now trading at $64.19.
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National Fuel Gas saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,430,000 shares, an increase of 18.5% from the October 15th total of 2,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 503,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days. Approximately 2.8% 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, February 2nd 2023.
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National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) issued its earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.20. The oil and gas producer earned $355.99 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $425.49 million. National Fuel Gas had a net margin of 25.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.88%. National Fuel Gas's revenue was up 23.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.40 EPS.

National Fuel Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 16th. Investors of record on Friday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 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 2.96%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 51 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 30.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.11% 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 FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.40-$6.90 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.39. 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.

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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.87%), BlackRock Inc. (8.70%), State Street Corp (7.19%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.65%), LSV Asset Management (2.13%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.41%). Insiders that own company stock include David P Bauer, Donna L Decarolis, Justin I Loweth, Paula M Ciprich, 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 $64.19.

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) has a market capitalization of $5.87 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 $6.14 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.