OGS
ONE Gas Inc. Common StockUtilities · ·
$79.62
▲ $0.37 (+0.5%)
Market Cap
$5.00B
Day Range
$79.22 - $80.76
52-Week Range
$73.91 - $90.78
Beta
—
Next Earnings
02.11.2026
OGS is a stock from the Utilities sector — Electricity, water, and residential gas — steady demand and heavy regulation, considered a defensive, dividend-paying sector.
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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
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
🔍 Cross-Check
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
✅ Why is the score relatively high?
- 🟢 Free cash flow growth: 61.6%
- 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
- 🟢 RSI 51.3 — healthy positive momentum
- 🟢 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 11.8%
- 🟢 Net income growth: 18.6%
⚠️ What's concerning?
- 🔴 Estimated fair value: -$97.02 vs. price $79.62 (-221.9%)
- 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
- 🔴 Current ratio: 0.60
- 🔴 Price is below the 200-day average
- 🔴 MACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
🚦 Quality & Risk Checks
📰 News Trend
Based on real financial news (Finnhub)Everyone's writing about ONE Gas Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 86. Reason: 10 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 4 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 (3 bullish · 6 bearish · 2 neutral)
Conclusions
- 🟢Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is above the 50-day average
- 🔴Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is below the 200-day average
- 🔴MACD — MACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
- 🟢RSI — RSI 51.3 — healthy positive momentum
- 🟡Stochastic — %K 46.8 — neutral range
- 🟡ADX (trend strength) — ADX 14.1 — weak trend/choppy
- 🟢Volume trend — Rising volume supports the price advance
- 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — -13.3% over the last 3 months relative to the index
- 🔴ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: -0.3%
- 🔴Parabolic SAR — Price is below the SAR point — downtrend
- 🔴CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: -0.17
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.
The stock is in a trading range, but the picture isn't yet clear enough on the likely direction.
Low confidence
$75.35
Range Bottom
$82.91
Range Top
50
Trading Days in Range
Evidence Behind This Read
- 🟡Trading range identified — The stock is trading in a 10.0% range (between 75.35 and 82.91) over 50 trading days.
- 🟢Trading volume in the range is declining — Declining volume across the range suggests supply (in accumulation) or demand (in distribution) is being exhausted — usually a sign the range is nearing its end.
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
$79.25
Stop-Loss
$84.70
Risk per Share
$5.45
Direction
Short
Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)
1:2 R
$68.35
1:3 R
$62.90
1:5 R
$52.00
💰 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
18 sh.
💰 Financial Health
Profitability
Gross Margin
—
Operating Margin
—
Net Margin
—
EBITDA Margin
—
Efficiency
ROE
7.7%
ROA
3.0%
ROIC
—
EPS
$4.39
Balance Sheet
Cash
$10.62M
Total Debt
$2.61B
Current Ratio
0.60
Debt/Equity
0.76
Conclusions
- 🔴Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): 7.7% — weak
- 🔴Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 3.0% — weak
- 🔴Current ratio (liquidity) — Current ratio: 0.60
- 🟡Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: 0.76
- 🟡Interest coverage — Interest coverage: 3.2x
🚀 Growth
Revenue
Earnings per Share (EPS)
Net Income
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Conclusions
- 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 11.8%
- 🟢Free cash flow growth — Free cash flow growth: 61.6%
- 🟢Net income growth — Net income growth: 18.6%
💵 Dividends
Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.
Annual Dividend per Share
| Ex-Dividend Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 18.5.2026 | $0.680 |
| 20.2.2026 | $0.680 |
| 14.11.2025 | $0.670 |
| 18.8.2025 | $0.670 |
| 19.5.2025 | $0.670 |
| 21.2.2025 | $0.670 |
| 19.11.2024 | $0.660 |
| 14.8.2024 | $0.660 |
| 17.5.2024 | $0.660 |
| 22.2.2024 | $0.660 |
| 14.11.2023 | $0.650 |
| 15.8.2023 | $0.650 |
💎 Fair Value (Valuation)
Current Price
$79.62
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
-$97.02
Gap
-221.9%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
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Year 1 Growth Rate
25.0%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25.0% | $-160.49M | $-147.24M |
| 2 | 19.4% | $-191.59M | $-161.25M |
| 3 | 13.8% | $-217.93M | $-168.28M |
| 4 | 8.1% | $-235.64M | $-166.93M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $-241.53M | $-156.98M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$-128.39M
Terminal Value
$-3.81B
Present Value of Terminal Value
$-2.48B
Enterprise Value
$-3.28B
Net Debt
$2.60B
Equity Value
$-5.87B
*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
$56.85
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
$54.24
Conclusions
- 🔴DCF Fair Value — Estimated fair value: -$97.02 vs. price $79.62 (-221.9%)
- 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: $54.24
- 🟡P/E — P/E: 18.1
🕴️ Insider Trading
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 2 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick Joseph L | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 9.6.2026 | 76,180 | +1,273 | $76.00 |
| McCormick Joseph L | Tax Withholding in Shares | 9.6.2026 | 75,622 | -558 | $76.00 |
| McCormick Joseph L | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 9.6.2026 | 76,852 | +1,230 | $76.00 |
| McCormick Joseph L | Tax Withholding in Shares | 9.6.2026 | 76,312 | -539 | $76.00 |
| McCormick Joseph L | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 9.6.2026 | 77,137 | +825 | $76.00 |
| McCormick Joseph L | Tax Withholding in Shares | 9.6.2026 | 76,775 | -362 | $76.00 |
| McCormick Joseph L | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 9.6.2026 | 0 | -3,132 | $76.00 |
| MOORE PATTYE L | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 3.6.2026 | 6,088 | +5,638 | $77.47 |
| MOORE PATTYE L | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 3.6.2026 | 50,714 | -5,638 | $77.74 |
| GIBSON JOHN WILLIAM | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 3.6.2026 | 292,670 | +19,976 | $77.47 |
| GIBSON JOHN WILLIAM | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 3.6.2026 | 6,010 | -19,976 | $77.74 |
| MOORE PATTYE L | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 55,877 | +1,700 | $82.35 |
| RODRIGUEZ EDUARDO A | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 14,637 | +1,275 | $82.35 |
| RODRIGUEZ EDUARDO A | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 5,276 | +425 | $82.35 |
| Hutchinson Michael G | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 16,331 | +1,700 | $82.35 |
| Siegel Yves C | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 5,447 | +1,700 | $82.35 |
| Hart Tracy E | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 11,302 | +1,700 | $82.35 |
| Hersman Deborah | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 7,533 | +1,700 | $82.35 |
| Meshri Sanjay D. | Grant/Award from Employer | 21.5.2026 | 5,293 | +1,700 | $82.35 |
| RODRIGUEZ EDUARDO A | Open Market Sale | 6.3.2026 | 13,362 | -850 | $86.34 |
| Brumfield Brian F. | Open Market Sale | 24.2.2026 | 2,246 | -1,000 | $86.44 |
| DINAN CURTIS | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 16.2.2026 | 143,701 | +5,395 | $86.04 |
| DINAN CURTIS | Tax Withholding in Shares | 16.2.2026 | 141,263 | -2,438 | $86.04 |
| DINAN CURTIS | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 16.2.2026 | 0 | -6,358 | $86.04 |
| DINAN CURTIS | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.2.2026 | 6,974 | +6,974 | $86.04 |
📉 Short Interest
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest
3,413,679 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 3,366,928 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
61.1% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 65.9% 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.
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Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 10 positive, 6 neutral, 4 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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