National Fuel Gas
NFG NYSE· Gas Utilities
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$80.53
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- National Fuel Gas had $2.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 17.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +8.1% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 35.7%, up 24.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 36 is left after running the business.
- National Fuel Gas made $519M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $187M in fiscal 2025, 8.2% of revenue.
- National Fuel Gas returned $243M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 130% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.2%.
- National Fuel Gas owes $2.8B more than it holds in cash, about 2.2 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$7.7B
P/E
11.2x
Revenue
$2.3B
Net income
$519M
Free cash flow
$187M
Operating margin
35.7%
National Fuel Gas in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+17.1%
Yes. Sales grew 17.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
22.8%
Yes. It keeps 22.8% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
8.2%
Partly. 8.2% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
2.2x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 2.2 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
8 / 8
Solid. It passes 8 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
11.2x
One share costs 11.2 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 20.7x.
What National Fuel Gas does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Nov 21, 2025
- Legal name
- NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO
- CIK
- 0000070145
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.7B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $1.9B | $2.3B |
| Revenue growth | 12.7% | 25.4% | −0.6% | −10.5% | 17.1% |
| Operating margin | 36.7% | 37.3% | 34.7% | 10.8% | 35.7% |
| Net income | $364M | $566M | $477M | $77.5M | $519M |
| Net margin | 20.9% | 25.9% | 21.9% | 4.0% | 22.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.97 | $6.15 | $5.17 | $0.84 | $5.68 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $792M | $813M | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Capital expenditure | $752M | $812M | $1.0B | $931M | $913M |
| Free cash flow | $39.8M | $0.7M | $227M | $135M | $187M |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | 0.0% | 10.5% | 6.9% | 8.2% |
| Dividends paid | $163M | $168M | $176M | $184M | $188M |
| Share buybacks | $3.7M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $64.1M | $54.4M |
| Share count change | 4.2% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | −1.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $31.5M | $46.0M | $55.4M | $38.2M | $43.2M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.8B | $2.7B | $2.7B | $2.8B | $2.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.8B | −$626M | −$55.1M | −$15.5M | $3.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.8x | 2.2x | 2.3x | 4.1x | 2.2x |
| Current ratio | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.4x |
| Interest coverage | 4.4x | 6.3x | 5.7x | 1.5x | 5.2x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 10.6% | 14.6% | 10.9% | 3.3% | 10.6% |
| Return on equity | 19.4% | 97.6% | — | — | 33.7% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Altman Z'' | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Fuel Gas NFG | $7.7B | 17.1% | 35.7% | 8.2% | 10.6% | 11.2x | 8 |
| One Gas OGS | $4.9B | 16.5% | 18.9% | −5.3% | 6.2% | 16.8x | 5 |
| Spire SR | $5.0B | −4.5% | 21.2% | −13.9% | 5.2% | 15.0x | 5 |
| New Jersey Resources NJR | $5.4B | 13.4% | 25.0% | — | 6.8% | 14.7x | 7 |
| Southwest Gas SWX | $6.6B | −21.6% | 24.4% | −13.0% | 4.7% | 12.1x | 6 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $80.53 a share, the company is worth $7.7B: 11.2 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
National Fuel Gas grew sales faster than 4 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000070145). Data updated October 14, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.