Company Analysis

National Fuel Gas Co. (NFG)

NYSE: NFG · Natural Gas Distribution · Williamsville, NY · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.1
◀ Past 5.0● Present 6.5▶ Future 6.3

The grade of National Fuel Gas Co.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past5.025% of the headline
● Present6.545% of the headline
▶ Future6.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-01-17.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

National Fuel Gas Co.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2018-01-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

National Fuel Gas Co.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.1%bottom 11% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 46% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 39% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.0%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 20% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, National Fuel Gas Co.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 20% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 65%: owes 65¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, National Fuel Gas Co. earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 24 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 65 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 19% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 14 in its family; net margin 22.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

National Fuel Gas Co.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 22.8% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of 1.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.28Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin22.8%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.4%bottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 35% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

National Fuel Gas Co.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bauer, David P (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-07-02, 7.4 years (top 39% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.9 years (top 17%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 18 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.9 yearstop 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.4 yearstop 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 25% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

National Fuel Gas Co.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $43 million against debt of $2.4 billion leaves -26.8% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.2% of revenue (top 35%); a gross margin of 90.6% (top 8%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-26.8%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.2%top 35% of its family
  • gross margin90.6%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

National Fuel Gas Co.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.4% a year over the last three filed years against 5.1% over all 10, slowing (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew 17.1% (top 39%); capital spending grew 4% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). National Fuel Gas Co. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Integrated Upstream and Gathering and Other at $1.2 billion (52%), Total Utility at $817 million (36%), Pipeline and Storage at $276 million (12%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.8 points a yeartop 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth17.1%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending4.0%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
8.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 19% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

National Fuel Gas Co.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 24.2% above the $1.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $519 million against a prior three-year average of $373 million (top 19%); a net margin of 22.8% against 17.3% before (top 4%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace24.2%top 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+39%top 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.5 pointstop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton NFG · research, not advice