National Fuel Gas Co. NFG

Zacks Investment Research 5 nov

National Fuel Gas (NFG) reported Q4 fiscal 2026 adjusted earnings of $1.22 per share, beating consensus estimates by 6.1%, with full-year revenues up 10.4% to $2.52 billion. However, operating income fell 12.4% due to higher operating expenses and lower gas production. The company initiated fiscal 2027 EPS guidance of $6.00-$6.40 and plans to separate its upstream and gathering business into a publicly traded company named Seneca Resources in H2 2027.

Zacks Investment Research 4 nov

National Fuel Gas reported Q3 2026 earnings of $1.22 per share, beating consensus estimates by 6.09%, but revenues of $467.85 million missed expectations by 12.73%. The company received a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) rating due to unfavorable estimate revisions, and shares have underperformed the S&P 500 by 12.4% year-to-date. The Oil and Gas - Integrated - United States industry ranks in the bottom 37% of sectors.

Zacks Investment Research 29 oct

ConocoPhillips is positioned as a strong earnings-beat candidate for Q3 2026 with a positive Earnings ESP of +4.50% and Zacks Rank #1, expecting $2.97 EPS (up 84.5% YoY) and $18.24B in revenues (up 17.5% YoY). In contrast, National Fuel Gas faces headwinds with a negative Earnings ESP of -1.74% and Zacks Rank #4, expecting $1.15 EPS (down 5.7% YoY) despite revenue growth of 17.5%.

Zacks Investment Research 12 oct

The article reviews the First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX ETF (FXU), a passively managed utilities sector ETF with $742.3 million in assets. FXU has gained 3.08% year-to-date and 0.74% over the past year, with a 0.61% expense ratio. However, it received a Zacks ETF Rank of 4 (Sell), making it less suitable compared to alternatives like Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares (VPU) and State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLU), which have lower expense ratios and significantly larger asset bases.

Zacks Investment Research 1 oct

National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) completed its acquisition of CenterPoint Energy's Ohio natural gas utility business for $2.62 billion, adding approximately 335,000 customers and expanding its total customer base to 1.1 million. The deal is expected to double NFG's gas utility rate base to $3.2 billion and provide immediate accretion to regulated earnings per share, with consolidated accretion expected after fiscal 2028.