Zacks Research Has Positive View of ONE Gas FY2025 Earnings

ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE:OGSFree Report) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of ONE Gas in a report released on Monday, March 10th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will earn $4.29 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.26. The consensus estimate for ONE Gas’ current full-year earnings is $4.26 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for ONE Gas’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.38 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.90 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.40 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on OGS. StockNews.com raised shares of ONE Gas from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of ONE Gas from $73.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Bank of America began coverage on shares of ONE Gas in a research note on Friday, December 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $77.00 price target for the company. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of ONE Gas from $79.00 to $76.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH cut shares of ONE Gas from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $75.50 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, December 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, ONE Gas presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $72.31.

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ONE Gas Price Performance

NYSE OGS opened at $72.69 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $71.49 and a 200 day simple moving average of $72.15. ONE Gas has a 52-week low of $58.31 and a 52-week high of $78.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.64. The stock has a market cap of $4.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.59, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 0.66.

ONE Gas (NYSE:OGSGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The utilities provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.34. ONE Gas had a return on equity of 7.70% and a net margin of 10.70%. The business had revenue of $630.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $973.58 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ONE Gas

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in OGS. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its holdings in ONE Gas by 22.9% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,470,618 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $258,283,000 after purchasing an additional 645,566 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in ONE Gas during the 4th quarter valued at $43,344,000. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its holdings in ONE Gas by 1,421.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 489,028 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $33,865,000 after purchasing an additional 456,891 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its holdings in ONE Gas by 60.7% during the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 821,860 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $56,914,000 after purchasing an additional 310,460 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Verition Fund Management LLC lifted its holdings in ONE Gas by 320.2% during the 3rd quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 402,849 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $29,980,000 after purchasing an additional 306,974 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.71% of the company’s stock.

ONE Gas Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st were issued a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 21st. This is an increase from ONE Gas’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.66. ONE Gas’s dividend payout ratio is presently 68.54%.

ONE Gas Company Profile

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ONE Gas, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a regulated natural gas distribution company in the United States. The company provides natural gas distribution services to approximately 2.3 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. It serves residential, commercial, and transportation customers.

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