National Fuel Gas (NFG)

Energy · Oil & Gas Integrated
$78.35 +2.63% on the day Market cap $7.8B 52-week range $75.03 to $97.06 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
15% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $7.8B, National Fuel Gas's free cash flow of $187M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 15% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from National Fuel Gas's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price14.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years43.2% a year
Revenue, same period5.1% a year
Price to free cash flow41.7x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from NFG's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability8
Growth0
Financial health6
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)11.1x
P/E (forward)9.84x
Price / free cash flow41.7x
EV / EBITDA6.40x
Price / sales3.19x
Price / book1.92x
Revenue growth-10.9%
Operating margin41.3%
Net margin27.6%
Return on equity17.2%
Dividend yield2.7%
Debt / equity1.66x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from National Fuel Gas's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$1.7B$2.2B$2.2B$1.9B$2.3B
Net income$364M$566M$477M$78M$519M
Free cash flow$40M$695,000$227M$135M$187M
EPS (diluted)$3.97$6.15$5.17$0.84$5.68
Operating margin36.7%37.3%34.7%10.8%35.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Integrated Upstream and Gathering$1.1B48%
Utility$806M34%
Pipeline and Storage$428M18%

Superinvestors who own NFG

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $152M0.05%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Added $106M0.95%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $46M0.11%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by National Fuel Gas's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Oct 24, 2025 Michael T. Mccaul
0$81.73—
Oct 24, 2025 Michael T. Mccaul
0$81.73—

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Questions

What growth does National Fuel Gas's stock price imply?

At a market value of $7.8B, National Fuel Gas would need its free cash flow to grow about 15% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 43% a year.

Are National Fuel Gas insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of NFG in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own National Fuel Gas?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold NFG in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Mario Gabelli, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.