Zacks Research Has Positive View of ONE Gas FY2025 Earnings

ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE:OGS) – Analysts at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for ONE Gas in a report released on Monday, March 10th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $4.29 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.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on OGS. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on ONE Gas from $79.00 to $76.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on ONE Gas from $73.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Bank of America assumed coverage on ONE Gas in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $77.00 target price on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded ONE Gas from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, LADENBURG THALM/SH SH lowered ONE Gas from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $75.50 price target on the stock. in a research note on Friday, December 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, ONE Gas currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $72.31.

ONE Gas Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of NYSE OGS opened at $72.69 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.64. ONE Gas has a 52 week low of $58.31 and a 52 week high of $78.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.59, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 0.66. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $71.49 and its 200 day moving average is $72.15.

ONE Gas (NYSE:OGS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The utilities provider reported $1.34 earnings per share 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 company had revenue of $630.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $973.58 million.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ONE Gas

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of ONE Gas by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,270,804 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $434,253,000 after acquiring an additional 41,933 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in shares of ONE Gas by 22.9% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,470,618 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $258,283,000 after acquiring an additional 645,566 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in ONE Gas by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,124,928 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $147,152,000 after buying an additional 25,145 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in ONE Gas by 1.4% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,354,710 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $100,836,000 after buying an additional 18,477 shares during the period. Finally, Boston Trust Walden Corp lifted its stake in ONE Gas by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 1,058,507 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $73,302,000 after buying an additional 9,302 shares during the period. 88.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

ONE Gas Increases Dividend

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

About ONE Gas

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.