National Grid Transco (NGG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

National Grid Transco (NYSE: NGG) is a utility company focused on the transmission and distribution of electricity and natural gas. The company builds, owns, operates and maintains large-scale energy infrastructure, including high-voltage electricity transmission lines, electricity distribution networks and high-pressure gas pipelines. Its core activities center on providing safe, reliable delivery of energy to residential, commercial and industrial customers while meeting regulatory requirements across its service territories.

Services provided by National Grid Transco encompass network operation and maintenance, system balancing and control, metering and connections, and capital investment in grid modernization and reliability projects. As a regulated utility, it works with national and regional regulators to set tariffs and investment plans, and it undertakes long-term asset management to support energy security and system resilience. The company also engages in planning and constructing upgrades and interconnections to facilitate electricity flows between regions and to integrate new generation and demand-side technologies.

Historically linked to the privatization and consolidation of energy networks in the United Kingdom, the company has a significant presence in both the U.K. and parts of the northeastern United States, serving a mix of urban and regional areas. It is structured to manage large, geographically dispersed infrastructure portfolios and to respond to evolving regulatory, environmental and technological trends affecting the electricity and gas sectors. National Grid Transco’s securities have been available to international investors, including through listings in the U.S. market under the ticker NGG.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $81.71 to $82.34
• 50-Day Range: $78.87 to $83.95
• 52-Week Range: $67.51 to $94.64
• Volume: 1.76 million shs
• Average Volume: 722,711 shs
• Market Capitalization: $81.84 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 5.24%
• Price Target: $85.50
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

National Grid Transco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

National Grid Transco scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 73rd out of 98 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

National Grid Transco has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.90, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 7 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for National Grid Transco is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

National Grid Transco has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.56%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for National Grid Transco are expected to grow by 9.56% in the coming year, from $6.07 to $6.65 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

National Grid Transco has a PEG Ratio of 1.13. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

National Grid Transco has a P/B Ratio of 1.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.08% of the float of National Grid Transco has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

National Grid Transco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.97, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in National Grid Transco has recently decreased by 5.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

National Grid Transco is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.31%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

National Grid Transco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, National Grid Transco will have a dividend payout ratio of 64.81% next year. This indicates that National Grid Transco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

National Grid Transco has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for National Grid Transco this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for NGG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added National Grid Transco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, National Grid Transco insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

4.68% of the stock of National Grid Transco is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/23 Dividend: 5/29/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/23 Dividend: 5/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/23/2026
• Today: 8/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Multi - Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NGG
• CIK: 1004315
• Web: www.nationalgrid.com
• Phone: 442070043000
• Fax: 011-44-20-7004-3004
• Employees: 33,017
• Year Founded: 1990

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for National Grid Transco: $85.50
• High Price Target: $85.50
• Low Price Target: $85.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.0%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.90
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.55
• P/E Growth: 1.13
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.09
• Current Ratio: 0.76
• Quick Ratio: 0.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $23.71 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.45
• Cash Flow: $6.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.23
• Book Value: $50.70 per share
• Price / Book: 1.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 995,180,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $81.84 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.76