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NFG

National Fuel Gas Company Common Stock

Utilities · ·

$80.63

$1.73 (+2.2%)

Market Cap

$7.66B

Day Range

$79.23 - $80.77

52-Week Range

$75.17 - $97.06

Beta

Next Earnings

NFG is a stock from the Utilities sectorElectricity, water, and residential gas — steady demand and heavy regulation, considered a defensive, dividend-paying sector.

🏢 Similar Stocks in the Same Sector

-9.3% (1Y)

Investor Score
53/ 100C-
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈12FTechnical
💰68B-Fundamental
🚀79B+Growth
💎43DValuation
📰100A+News
🏦58CQuality
⚠️42DRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 576.2%
  • 🟢 Free cash flow growth: 39.0%
  • 🟢 Net income growth: 568.9%
  • 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
  • 🟢 Gross margin: 90.6% — strong

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: $3.06 vs. price $80.63 (-96.2%)
  • 🔴 Current ratio: 0.44
  • 🔴 Price is below the 50-day average
  • 🔴 Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🔴 MACD histogram is negative — falling momentum

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🟢 Operating margin stability🟡 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk🔴 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about National Fuel Gas Company Common Stock. News trend score: 100. Reason: 12 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 0 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (0 bullish · 10 bearish · 1 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 50Price is below the 50-day average
  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 200Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🔴MACDMACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
  • 🔴RSIRSI 43.1 — weak/negative bias
  • 🔴Stochastic%K 3.0 — oversold
  • 🔴ADX (trend strength)ADX 30.4 — strong trend
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500-8.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴Bollinger BandsPrice is in the lower third of the Bollinger Bands (4%B) — weakness (chance of a recovery)
  • 🔴ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: -2.8%
  • 🔴Parabolic SARPrice is below the SAR point — downtrend
  • 🟡CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: -0.02

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markdown

The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Medium confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🔴Falling price trendA -1.2% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🔴 Downtrend

The price is below the 200-day average — an environment that mainly favors looking for selling (Short) opportunities, not buying.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟢 Price in value zone

The price is close to the 50-day moving average — per the method, this is a reasonable area to look for an entry, rather than chasing the price far from it.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = resistance plusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$78.90

Stop-Loss

$85.51

Risk per Share

$6.61

Direction

Short

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$65.68

1:3 R

$59.08

1:5 R

$45.86

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

15 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

90.6%

Operating Margin

35.7%

Net Margin

22.8%

EBITDA Margin

55.8%

Efficiency

ROE

16.8%

ROA

5.9%

ROIC

EPS

$5.73

Balance Sheet

Cash

$43.17M

Total Debt

$2.68B

Current Ratio

0.44

Debt/Equity

0.87

Conclusions

  • 🟢Gross marginGross margin: 90.6% — strong
  • 🟢Operating marginOperating margin: 35.7% — strong
  • 🟢Net marginNet margin: 22.8% — strong
  • 🟡Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): 16.8% — reasonable
  • 🟡Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): 5.9% — reasonable
  • 🔴Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 0.44
  • 🟡Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.87
  • 🟢Interest coverageInterest coverage: 5.8x

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 17.1%
  • 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: 576.2%
  • 🟢Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: 39.0%
  • 🟢Net income growthNet income growth: 568.9%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
30.6.2026$0.555
31.3.2026$0.535
31.12.2025$0.535
30.9.2025$0.535
30.6.2025$0.535
31.3.2025$0.515
31.12.2024$0.515
30.9.2024$0.515
28.6.2024$0.515
27.3.2024$0.495
28.12.2023$0.495
28.9.2023$0.495

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$80.63

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

$3.06

Gap

-96.2%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

Show all model (DCF) assumptions →

Year 1 Growth Rate

2.0%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
12.0%$190.96M$175.19M
22.1%$195.02M$164.15M
32.3%$199.42M$153.99M
42.4%$204.15M$144.63M
52.5%$209.26M$136.00M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$187.21M

Terminal Value

$3.30B

Present Value of Terminal Value

$2.14B

Enterprise Value

$2.92B

Net Debt

$2.64B

Equity Value

$278.94M

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$33.92

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$33.86

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: $3.06 vs. price $80.63 (-96.2%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $33.86
  • 🟢P/EP/E: 13.9

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
SHAW JEFFREY WGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202636,798+564$77.63
BAUMANN BARBARA MGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202622,323+564$77.63
TANSKI RONALD JGrant/Award from Employer1.7.2026358,097+564$77.63
SMITH DAVID FGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202619,233+564$77.63
SKAINS THOMAS EGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202619,233+564$77.63
ANDERSON DAVID HUGOGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202619,233+564$77.63
JAGGERS JOSEPH NGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202634,514+564$77.63
Carroll David C.Grant/Award from Employer1.7.202619,233+564$77.63
Ranich RebeccaGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202619,233+564$77.63
Finch Steven C.Grant/Award from Employer1.7.202619,233+564$77.63
SMITH DAVID FOther Transaction15.4.202618,669+108$89.49
SKAINS THOMAS EOther Transaction15.4.202618,669+108$89.49
ANDERSON DAVID HUGOOther Transaction15.4.2026221+2$89.71
ANDERSON DAVID HUGOOther Transaction15.4.202618,669+108$89.49
Carroll David C.Other Transaction15.4.202630,804+182$89.71
Carroll David C.Other Transaction15.4.202618,669+108$89.49
Ranich RebeccaOther Transaction15.4.202618,025+106$89.71
Ranich RebeccaOther Transaction15.4.202618,669+108$89.49
Finch Steven C.Other Transaction15.4.202618,669+108$89.49
SHAW JEFFREY WGrant/Award from Employer1.4.202636,234+469$93.29
BAUMANN BARBARA MGrant/Award from Employer1.4.202621,759+469$93.29
TANSKI RONALD JGrant/Award from Employer1.4.2026357,533+469$93.29
SMITH DAVID FGrant/Award from Employer1.4.202618,561+469$93.29
SKAINS THOMAS EGrant/Award from Employer1.4.202618,561+469$93.29
ANDERSON DAVID HUGOGrant/Award from Employer1.4.202618,561+469$93.29

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

-6.3%

4,995,826 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 5,333,567 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

+0.1%

70.4% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 70.4% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 12 positive, 8 neutral, 0 negative out of the last 20 articles.