On Friday, National Fuel Gas Co (NYSE: NFG) opened lower -3.42% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $91.7. Price fluctuations for NFG have ranged from $58.82 to $94.13 over the past 52 weeks.
Annual sales at Energy sector company slipped by -24.87% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 37.41% at the time writing. With a float of $89.05 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $90.36 million.
National Fuel Gas Co (NFG) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Oil & Gas Integrated industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of National Fuel Gas Co is 1.45%, while institutional ownership is 77.78%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 07 ’25, was worth 1,422,931. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 05 ’24, when Company’s President – NFG Dist. Corp. sold 10,000 for $62.58, making the entire transaction worth $625,770. This insider now owns 81,519 shares in total.
National Fuel Gas Co (NFG) Performance Highlights and Predictions
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 9/30/2024, the company posted 0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at 0.82) by -0.05. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.02 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 37.41% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 22.84% during the next five years compared to -24.87% drop over the previous five years of trading.
National Fuel Gas Co (NYSE: NFG) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for National Fuel Gas Co (NFG). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.38. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.81. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 43.05.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.67, a number that is poised to hit 1.22 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.43 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of National Fuel Gas Co (NFG)
National Fuel Gas Co (NYSE: NFG) saw its 5-day average volume 0.61 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 0.63 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 55.82%.
During the past 100 days, National Fuel Gas Co’s (NFG) raw stochastic average was set at 64.97%, which indicates a significant increase from 29.94% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.70 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 1.37 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $87.92, while its 200-day Moving Average is $79.18. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $90.68 in the near term. At $92.81, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $93.99. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $87.38, it is likely to go to the next support level at $86.20. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $84.07.
National Fuel Gas Co (NYSE: NFG) Key Stats
There are currently 90,364K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 8.00 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,945 M according to its annual income of 77,510 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 531,830 K and its income totaled 149,820 K.
