National Fuel Gas Co (NFG) stock
NFGNYSENatural Gas DistributionFiscal year ends September 30
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Jul 30, 2026Score 16/3033% below fair value
$76.71+0.36 (+0.47%)
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $7.29BP/E 10.7Yield 2.74%
National Fuel Gas statistics
98 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Jan 28, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Sep 30, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 13, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 5.73
- 9.62
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 3.83
- 4.49
- EV / EBIT
- 9.51
- 20.98
- EV / FCF
- 43.30
- 36.98
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- 2.42%
- 2.02%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- 0.01%
- 0.04%
- Float
- 94M
- 118M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 1.42%
- 1.37%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 83.6%
- 80.3%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 5M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -9.49%
- -1.80%
- Short % of Float
- 5.06%
- 4.12%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 4.99%
- 3.58%
- Days to Cover
- 4.62
- 4.52
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $97.06
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $73.01
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $78.05
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $78.90
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $83.05
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $1.82
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 4.47%
- 1.53%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- -2.13%
- 3.82%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -6.25%
- -3.37%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- -5.56%
- -2.42%
- Price Change (YTD)
- -4.18%
- 5.22%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- -3.49%
- 1.91%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 47.1%
- 35.3%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 27.4%
- 23.2%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 48.5%
- 52.6%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 1M
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 1M
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 842,884
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.74
- 0.81
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 45.8
- 53.8
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 20.0%
- 25.2%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.40
- 0.43
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 36.0%
- 14.6%
- EBITDA Margin
- 59.4%
- 33.2%
- FCF Margin
- 8.84%
- -8.17%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 7.15%
- 2.64%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 10.2%
- 4.78%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 3.20
- 0.90
- Quick Ratio
- 2.45
- 0.39
- Debt / EBITDA
- 2.39
- 4.88
- Debt / FCF
- 16.05
- 14.77
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 1.56
- 4.68
- Interest Coverage
- 6.81
- 2.41
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 15.1%
- 7.96%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 177.3%
- 12.1%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 168.7%
- 10.4%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- 19.6%
- 1.23%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 1.38%
- 3.90%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 8.05%
- 7.80%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -2.62%
- 6.07%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.27
- 0.23
- Revenue Per Employee
- $1.08M
- $1.11M
- Profits Per Employee
- $290.82K
- $118.50K
- Employee Count
- 2,322
- 1,444
- WACC
- 6.35%
- 6.96%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $905.44M
- $279.10M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$2.33B
- -$2.57B
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$24.54
- -$23.93
- Working Capital
- $1.11B
- -$14.10M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$1.05B
- -$771.90M
- FCF Per Share
- $2.34
- -$0.53
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 9.26%
- 4.40%
- FCF Yield
- 3.05%
- -3.90%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.74%
- 2.80%
- Buyback Yield
- 0.00%
- -1.03%
- Shareholder Yield
- 2.74%
- 1.62%
- Dividend Per Share
- $2.10
- $1.98
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 3.96%
- 5.10%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 16
- 11
- Payout Ratio
- 29.4%
- 58.8%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- 89.2%
- 87.5%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $148.57M
- $204.10M
- Income Tax
- $230.17M
- $44.44M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 25.4%
- 16.0%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Altman Z-Score
- 1.68
- 1.09
- Piotroski F-Score
- 7
- 5
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | NFG | S&P 500 | Difference | NFG per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -5.4% | -3.0% | −2.4 pts | ||
| 3 months | -5.2% | -2.8% | −2.4 pts | ||
| Year to date | -2.3% | +11.5% | −13.7 pts | ||
| 1 year | -2.5% | +13.5% | −15.9 pts | ||
| 3 years | +65.5% | +77.7% | −12.2 pts | +18.3% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | +48.7% | +72.6% | −23.9 pts | +8.3% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +108.0% | +308.2% | −200.1 pts | +7.6% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
5M NFG shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 9.5% from the previous report, or 5.06% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 4.6 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 53.8% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 4,741,357 | -9.5% | 1,025,160 | 4.6 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5,238,454 | +3.7% | 1,037,816 | 5.0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5,050,979 | -0.3% | 1,142,792 | 4.4 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 5,068,195 | +3.0% | 475,466 | 10.7 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4,922,028 | -4.4% | 444,916 | 11.1 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5,146,863 | -3.2% | 607,724 | 8.5 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 5,314,972 | +6.4% | 760,175 | 7.0 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 4,995,826 | -6.3% | 641,248 | 7.8 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5,333,567 | +5.3% | 802,121 | 6.7 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5,066,717 | +4.5% | 671,185 | 7.5 |
| May 29, 2026 | 4,849,188 | +2.0% | 989,725 | 4.9 |
| May 15, 2026 | 4,753,665 | +5.7% | 855,803 | 5.5 |
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