5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: National Fuel Gas

Brian D. Pacampara, The Motley Fool
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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 (NYS: NFG) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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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