NYSE:NFG - National Fuel Gas Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

National Fuel Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.435 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.74 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.08%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View National Fuel Gas' Dividend History.

National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $293.34 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $336.30 million. National Fuel Gas had a net margin of 17.97% and a return on equity of 14.40%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share. View National Fuel Gas' Earnings History.

National Fuel Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for National Fuel Gas.

National Fuel Gas will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

National Fuel Gas issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.00-3.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.29.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for National Fuel Gas' stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $51.00. On average, they expect National Fuel Gas' stock price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for National Fuel Gas.

3 Wall Street 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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for National Fuel Gas.

News articles about NFG stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National Fuel Gas earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for National Fuel Gas.

National Fuel Gas saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,180,000 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the December 31st total of 5,440,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 603,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.2 days. Currently, 7.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View National Fuel Gas' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to National Fuel Gas include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural (NWN) and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK).

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National Fuel Gas' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.26%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%), Cardinal Capital Management (0.06%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.06%). Company insiders that own National Fuel Gas stock include David F Smith, John P Mcginnis, Paula M Ciprich and Ronald C Kraemer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for National Fuel Gas.

NFG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, IFP Advisors Inc, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Cardinal Capital Management and Dupont Capital Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold National Fuel Gas company stock in the last year include David F Smith, John P Mcginnis and Paula M Ciprich. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Fuel Gas.

NFG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , 6 Meridian and State of Michigan Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for National Fuel Gas.

Shares of NFG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.62.

National Fuel Gas has a market capitalization of $3.68 billion and generates $1.69 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $304.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.45 on an earnings per share basis. National Fuel Gas employs 2,107 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About National Fuel Gas.

The official website for National Fuel Gas is http://www.nationalfuelgas.com/.

National Fuel Gas' mailing address is 6363 Main Street, Williamsville NY, 14221. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 716-857-7000 or via email at [email protected]