National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) will post its quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday, January 27th. Analysts expect National Fuel Gas to post earnings of $0.78 per share for the quarter.

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 6th. The company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.01. The business earned $301.06 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $359.20 million. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 17.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS. On average, analysts expect National Fuel Gas to post $2.79 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3.15 EPS for the next fiscal year.

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on NFG. Zacks Investment Research raised National Fuel Gas from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $60.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 3rd. Howard Weil lowered their price objective on National Fuel Gas from $61.00 to $56.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 17th. BMO Capital Markets reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $68.00 price objective on shares of National Fuel Gas in a research report on Thursday, December 3rd. Scotiabank reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $56.00 price objective (down previously from $61.00) on shares of National Fuel Gas in a research report on Tuesday, November 17th. Finally, Jefferies Group lowered their price objective on National Fuel Gas from $65.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $60.00.

In other National Fuel Gas news, insider Anna Marie Cellino sold 10,360 shares of National Fuel Gas stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.69, for a total transaction of $431,908.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 176,945 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,376,837.05. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

An institutional investor recently raised its position in National Fuel Gas stock. Simplex Trading boosted its position in National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) by 950.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 21 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 19 shares during the period.

Shares of National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) opened at 44.01 on Monday. National Fuel Gas Co. has a 12 month low of $37.03 and a 12 month high of $68.99. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $41.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $49.72. The stock’s market cap is $3.72 billion.

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 31st were given a $0.395 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 29th. This is an increase from National Fuel Gas’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. This represents a $1.58 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.59%.

National Fuel Gas Company is a holding company. The Company is engaged in the production, gathering, transportation, distribution and marketing of natural gas. It also develops and produces oil reserves, primarily in California. The Company operates in five segments. The Exploration and Production segment seeks to discover and produce raw materials (NYSE:NFG), and its operations are carried out by Seneca Resources Corporation. The Pipeline and Storage segment operations are carried out by National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, which provides interstate natural gas transportation and storage services for affiliated and nonaffiliated companies through an integrated gas pipeline system. The Gathering Segment consists of National Fuel Gas Midstream Corporation’s operations. The Utility segment’s operations are carried out by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation. The Energy Marketing segment’s operations are carried out by National Fuel Resources, Inc.

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