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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for National Fuel Gas' stock. Their NFG share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $70.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% 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 10.3% and is now trading at $70.53.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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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, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.20. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $355.99 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $425.49 million. National Fuel Gas had a net margin of 23.49% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.77%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 23.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.40 EPS.

National Fuel Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.475 per share on Friday, July 15th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46.
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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 2.71%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 53 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 35.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.87% 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, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.25-$7.75 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.05.

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 Equity Investment Corp (0.64%), Poplar Forest Capital LLC (0.62%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.53%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.52%), Hallmark Capital Management Inc. (0.41%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (0.37%). 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 $70.53.

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) has a market capitalization of $6.45 billion and generates $1.74 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $363.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.38 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,188 workers across the globe.

National Fuel Gas was founded in 1902.

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.