Natural Gas Services Group, Inc (NGS) Shares on the Decline: Short-term Analysis

Kevin Freeman

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc [NGS] stock is trading at $33.65, down -1.00%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The NGS shares have gain 1.60% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.03%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc [NYSE: NGS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 07, 2024, when Raymond James initiated its Strong Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $27. Previously, Stifel started tracking the stock with Buy rating on December 20, 2023, and set its price target to $18. On August 07, 2019, Maxim Group reiterated its Buy rating and revised its price target to $18 on the stock. Maxim Group started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $24 on January 25, 2019. Imperial Capital initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $27 as its price target on August 23, 2017. Seaport Global Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 01, 2016, and upped its price target to $32. In a note dated August 05, 2016, Lake Street reiterated an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $25 to $32.

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc [NGS] stock has fluctuated between $16.73 and $34.57 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $28 within the next 12 months. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc [NYSE: NGS] shares were valued at $33.65 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -16.79% based on the average NGS price forecast.

Analyzing the NGS fundamentals

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc [NYSE:NGS] reported sales of 166.82M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 6.67%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.77.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 33.30 points at the first support level, and at 32.94 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 34.18, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 34.71.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Natural Gas Services Group, Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.83. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.54, the price to book ratio is 1.56 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.75.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Taylor Stephen Charles, Director, that happened on Dec 11 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were sold. Director, Taylor Stephen Charles completed a deal on Dec 10 ’25 to sell 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Taylor Stephen Charles bought 10000.0 shares on Dec 11 ’25.

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