NGS Stock Analysis: Natural Gas | NYSE
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 456m USD | 12M Return: 17% | US63886Q1094 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 3.77M
EPS Trend: 86.8%
Qual. Beats: 8
Rev. Trend: 95.7%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 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 (329.2m) to EBITDA (104.1m): 3.16 < 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 September 27, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 32.80 with a total of 117,220 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -7.27%, over one month by -4.57%, over three months by -24.07% and over the past year by +17.04%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 31.00 (which is 5.5% or 1.4 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 | 70.7% |
P/E Trailing = 22.1062
P/E Forward = 11.8765
P/S = 2.4085
P/B = 1.5702
P/EG = 0.8198
Revenue TTM = 189.4m USD
EBIT TTM = 43.2m USD
EBITDA TTM = 104.1m USD
Long Term Debt = 328.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 462k USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 329.3m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 1.28m
Net Debt = 329.2m USD (calculated: Debt 329.3m - CCE 84.0k)
Enterprise Value = 785.4m USD (456.2m + Debt 329.3m - CCE 84.0k)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.82 (Ebit TTM 43.2m / Interest Expense TTM 15.3m)
EV/FCF = -25.07x (Enterprise Value 785.4m / FCF TTM -31.3m)
FCF Yield = -3.99% (FCF TTM -31.3m / Enterprise Value 785.4m)
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 = 1.09 (Enterprise Value 785.4m / Total Assets 718.3m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.64% (Interest Expense 15.3m / Debt 329.3m)
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 329.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 294.5m)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.16 (Net Debt 329.2m / EBITDA 104.1m)
Debt / FCF = -10.51 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 329.2m / 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 = 7.10% (EBIT 43.2m / Capital Employed (Equity 280.3m + L.T.Debt 328.0m))
RoIC = 4.61% (NOPAT 31.7m / Invested Capital 687.7m)
WACC = 7.10% (E(456.2m)/V(785.5m) * Re(9.77%) + D(329.3m)/V(785.5m) * Rd(4.64%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 9.77% (= 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=0.48 | Chg30d=-8.57% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=2
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: +50% (up=3, down=0)