Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, diversified energy company National Fuel Gas
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at National Fuel's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
National Fuel facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Williamsville, N.Y. (1902) |
| Market Cap | $3.6 billion |
| Industry | Gas utilities |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.7 billion |
| Management | CEO David Smith (since 2008) COO Ronald Tanski (since 2010) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 12.8% |
| Cash/Debt | $192.2 million / $1.4 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 3.2% |
| Competitors |
Anadarko Petroleum Consolidated Edison Niagara Mohawk Power |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 213 members who have rated National Fuel believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this year, one of those Fools, CapngainerII, listed a few of the National Fuel's positives: "Oversold. [New York and Pennsylvania] utility, owns thousands of acres of timber, sitting atop the Marcellus shale. Any rise in [natural gas] prices will be leveraged here."
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