NGS Stock Analysis: Natural Gas | NYSE
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 516m USD | 12M Return: 64.2% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 5.71M
EPS Trend: 88.1%
Qual. Beats: 7
Rev. Trend: 95.1%
Qual. Beats: 2
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 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: 21.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.09 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -9.84 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 22.15% < 20% (prev 15.33%; Δ 6.82% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 64.7m > Net Income 21.8m |
| Net Debt (224.6m) to EBITDA (81.6m): 2.75 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.70 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (12.7m) vs 12m ago 1.07% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 38.01% > 18% (prev 41.96%; Δ -3.95% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 32.90% > 50% (prev 32.13%; Δ 0.76% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.07 > 6 (EBIT TTM 43.2m / Interest Expense TTM 14.1m) |
| A: 0.07 (Total Current Assets 63.1m - Total Current Liabilities 23.3m) / Total Assets 588.9m |
| B: 0.30 (Retained Earnings 174.1m / Total Assets 588.9m) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 43.2m / Avg Total Assets 545.3m) |
| D: 0.91 (Book Value of Equity 280.5m / Total Liabilities 308.4m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.89 = A |
| DSRI: 0.83 (Receivables 24.6m/26.7m, Revenue 179.4m/161.2m) |
| GMI: 1.10 (GM 41.96% / 38.01%) |
| AQI: 71.70 (AQ_t 0.87 / AQ_t-1 0.01) |
| SGI: 1.11 (Revenue 179.4m / 161.2m) |
| TATA: -0.07 (NI 21.8m - CFO 64.7m) / TA 588.9m) |
| Beneish M = 38.93 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of July 14, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 40.53 with a total of 69,461 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.71%, over one month by -4.34%, over three months by +4.18% and over the past year by +64.23%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 37.50 (which is 7.5% or 1.6 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 | 56.5 | 39.4% |
P/E Trailing = 23.0172
P/E Forward = 11.8765
P/S = 2.8746
P/B = 1.8686
P/EG = 0.8198
Revenue TTM = 179.4m USD
EBIT TTM = 43.2m USD
EBITDA TTM = 81.6m USD
Long Term Debt = 226.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 471k USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 226.9m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 471k
Net Debt = 224.6m USD (calculated: Debt 226.9m - CCE 2.31m)
Enterprise Value = 740.3m USD (515.7m + Debt 226.9m - CCE 2.31m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.07 (Ebit TTM 43.2m / Interest Expense TTM 14.1m)
EV/FCF = -13.29x (Enterprise Value 740.3m / FCF TTM -55.7m)
FCF Yield = -7.53% (FCF TTM -55.7m / Enterprise Value 740.3m)
FCF Margin = -31.06% (FCF TTM -55.7m / Revenue TTM 179.4m)
Net Margin = 12.17% (Net Income TTM 21.8m / Revenue TTM 179.4m)
Gross Margin = 38.01% ((Revenue TTM 179.4m - Cost of Revenue TTM 111.2m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 41.11% (prev 35.60%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.26 (Enterprise Value 740.3m / Total Assets 588.9m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 6.21% (Interest Expense 14.1m / Debt 226.9m)
Taxrate = 24.99% (7.28m / 29.1m)
NOPAT = 32.4m (EBIT 43.2m * (1 - 24.99%))
Current Ratio = 2.70 (Total Current Assets 63.1m / Total Current Liabilities 23.3m)
Debt / Equity = 0.81 (Debt 226.9m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 280.5m)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.75 (Net Debt 224.6m / EBITDA 81.6m)
Debt / FCF = -4.03 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 224.6m / FCF TTM -55.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 273.2m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.00% (Net Income 21.8m / Total Assets 588.9m)
RoE = 7.99% (Net Income TTM 21.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 273.2m)
RoCE = 8.66% (EBIT 43.2m / Capital Employed (Equity 273.2m + L.T.Debt 226.0m))
RoIC = 5.75% (NOPAT 32.4m / Invested Capital 563.7m)
WACC = 8.35% (E(515.7m)/V(742.6m) * Re(9.97%) + D(226.9m)/V(742.6m) * Rd(6.21%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 9.97% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 68.31 | Cagr: 3.62%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -55.7m)
EPS Correlation: 88.13 | EPS CAGR: 134.4% | SUE: 2.24 | # QB: 7
Revenue Correlation: 95.11 | Revenue CAGR: 22.69% | SUE: 1.12 | # QB: 2
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.28 | Chg30d=-35.63% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.49 | Chg30d=+4.26% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.80 | Chg30d=-7.22% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-1.2% | GrowthRev=+24.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.35 | Chg30d=+2.62% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+30.6% | GrowthRev=+15.6%