NGS Stock Analysis: Natural Gas | NYSE
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 448m USD | 12M Return: 37.9% | US63886Q1094 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 4.44M
EPS Trend: 86.8%
Qual. Beats: 8
Rev. Trend: 95.7%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (NGS) is a U.S.-based provider of natural gas and electric compression equipment and related services to the energy industry. The company operates primarily as a rental and aftermarket services provider, designing, assembling, installing, and maintaining compressor units-powered by either natural gas engines or electric motors-for oil and gas production and processing facilities. NGS sits within the GICS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services sub-industry, supplying specialized infrastructure that supports upstream production and midstream gas handling. Incorporated in 1998, headquartered in Southlake, Texas, and listed on the NYSE since 2002, the company functions as a small-cap participant in the energy services value chain.
- US natural gas production growth lifts compression demand
- Electric compression fleet expansion drives rental margins
- Drilling activity and gas prices shape fleet utilization
| Net Income: 20.5m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -0.35 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 18.28% < 20% (prev 14.68%; Δ 3.59% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 79.1m > Net Income 20.5m |
| Net Debt (328.4m) to EBITDA (104.1m): 3.15 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.12 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (12.8m) vs 12m ago 1.72% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 44.21% > 18% (prev 42.41%; Δ 1.80% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 30.46% > 50% (prev 31.23%; Δ -0.77% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.82 > 6 (EBIT TTM 43.2m / Interest Expense TTM 15.3m) |
| A: 0.05 (Total Current Assets 65.7m - Total Current Liabilities 31.0m) / Total Assets 718.3m |
| B: 0.25 (Retained Earnings 176.1m / Total Assets 718.3m) |
| C: 0.07 (EBIT TTM 43.2m / Avg Total Assets 621.9m) |
| D: 0.69 (Book Value of Equity 294.5m / Total Liabilities 423.9m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.31 = BBB |
| DSRI: 0.76 (Receivables 22.0m/25.1m, Revenue 189.4m/164.1m) |
| GMI: 0.96 (GM 42.41% / 44.21%) |
| AQI: 65.65 (AQ_t 0.88 / AQ_t-1 0.01) |
| SGI: 1.15 (Revenue 189.4m / 164.1m) |
| TATA: -0.08 (NI 20.5m - CFO 79.1m) / TA 718.3m) |
| Beneish M = 35.18 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of August 28, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 35.40 with a total of 77,750 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.34%, over one month by -2.36%, over three months by -13.12% and over the past year by +37.91%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 31.60 (which is 10.7% or 2.5 ATR below the current price).
Natural Gas has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.75. Therefore, it is recommended to buy NGS.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 56 | 58.2% |
P/E Trailing = 21.4444
P/E Forward = 11.8765
P/S = 2.3656
P/B = 1.5054
P/EG = 0.8198
Revenue TTM = 189.4m USD
EBIT TTM = 43.2m USD
EBITDA TTM = 104.1m USD
Long Term Debt = 230.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 462k USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 328.5m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 471k
Net Debt = 328.4m USD (calculated: Debt 328.5m - CCE 84.0k)
Enterprise Value = 776.5m USD (448.1m + Debt 328.5m - CCE 84.0k)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.82 (Ebit TTM 43.2m / Interest Expense TTM 15.3m)
EV/FCF = -24.79x (Enterprise Value 776.5m / FCF TTM -31.3m)
FCF Yield = -4.03% (FCF TTM -31.3m / Enterprise Value 776.5m)
FCF Margin = -16.54% (FCF TTM -31.3m / Revenue TTM 189.4m)
Net Margin = 10.81% (Net Income TTM 20.5m / Revenue TTM 189.4m)
Gross Margin = 44.21% ((Revenue TTM 189.4m - Cost of Revenue TTM 105.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 59.94% (prev 41.11%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.08 (Enterprise Value 776.5m / Total Assets 718.3m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.66% (Interest Expense 15.3m / Debt 328.5m)
Taxrate = 26.53% (7.39m / 27.9m)
NOPAT = 31.7m (EBIT 43.2m * (1 - 26.53%))
Current Ratio = 2.12 (Total Current Assets 65.7m / Total Current Liabilities 31.0m)
Debt / Equity = 1.12 (Debt 328.5m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 294.5m)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.15 (Net Debt 328.4m / EBITDA 104.1m)
Debt / FCF = -10.48 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 328.4m / FCF TTM -31.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 280.3m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.29% (Net Income 20.5m / Total Assets 718.3m)
RoE = 7.31% (Net Income TTM 20.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 280.3m)
RoCE = 8.46% (EBIT 43.2m / Capital Employed (Equity 280.3m + L.T.Debt 230.0m))
RoIC = 4.61% (NOPAT 31.7m / Invested Capital 687.7m)
WACC = 7.17% (E(448.1m)/V(776.6m) * Re(9.91%) + D(328.5m)/V(776.6m) * Rd(4.66%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 9.91% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 98.51 | Cagr: 1.33%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -31.3m)
EPS Correlation: 86.79 | EPS CAGR: 83.72% | SUE: 2.31 | # QB: 8
Revenue Correlation: 95.72 | Revenue CAGR: 19.41% | SUE: 0.82 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.56 | Chg30d=+6.67% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.88 | Chg30d=-2.34% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+3.2% | GrowthRev=+22.9%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.61 | Chg30d=+5.24% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+38.8% | GrowthRev=+19.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +17% (up=2, down=1)