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How National Fuel Gas Company stacks up
NFG · against 100 other Energy companies of similar size
Profitability
81/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #23 of 101 · scores higher than 77% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score13 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including NFG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 81?
Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Energy peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 62% of peers. Return on invested capital: 12.8% vs peer median 9.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 68% of peers. Return on assets: 6.5% vs peer median 4.4%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 91% of peers. Operating margin: 40.3% vs peer median 11.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NFG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NFG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 97 reported | 12.8% | 10.9% | 58% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 100 reported | 40.3% | 15.4% | 88% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 98 reported | 6.5% | 5.2% | 61% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 98 reported | 19.6% | 13.4% | 71% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 102 reported | 63.2% | 33.1% | 80% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NFG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.9B EUR (≈$7.6B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 2 | 5.2B USD | 98 | 93 | |
| 3 | 4.3B GBP (≈$5.6B) | 97 | 75 | |
| 4 | 6.1B CAD (≈$4.5B) | 95 | 66 | |
| 5 | 11.7B USD | 94 | 71 | |
| 18 | 6.0B USD | 84 | 62 | |
| 20 | 87.1B CNY (≈$12.2B) | 83 | 66 | |
| 21 | 8.8B AUD (≈$5.8B) | 82 | 57 | |
| 21 | 5.1B EUR (≈$5.6B) | 82 | 71 | |
| 23 | 7.5B USD | 81 | 79 | |
| 23 | 4.4B USD | 81 | 65 | |
| 25 | 664.7B JPY (≈$4.5B) | 79 | 65 | |
| 25 | 34.2B MYR (≈$7.5B) | 79 | 58 | |
| 27 | 12.5B USD | 78 | 54 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score