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Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.NGSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Energy›Industrial Machinery
Momentum laggard 17
Mkt cap
$356M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
92%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.96M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.8 pp
WACC 6.3%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
3 days
9 Nov 2026
Close · USD$27.62
1D+3.5%
1W-14.8%
1M-16.8%
3M-25.3%
6M-28.7%
YTD-17.9%
1Y-1.9%
ATR %5.3%
Beta0.51
52w lowhigh38.1% off high

What Natural Gas Services does

Employees: 259

Natural Gas Services at a glance

Size Natural Gas Services (NGS) is a United States Energy company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $356M, the 2964th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $27.62 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 28.7%, against -12.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 15.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.1%); the operating margin is 23.1% (peer median 7.0%).

Valuation It trades at 12.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.7× (8th cheapest of 17).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.8 points below its cost of capital (6.3% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 3.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 85NGS 69
Six months, rebased to 100: Natural Gas Services against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Natural Gas Services financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$189M$172M$157M$121M$84.8M
Revenue growth—+10%+29%+43%—
Gross profit$72.8M$63.9M$56.6M$32.2M$14.4M
EBITDA$84.1M$77.1M$65.1M$38.3M$24.7M
Net income$20.5M$19.9M$17.2M$4.75M-$569,000
Free cash flow-$31.2M-$58.6M-$6.39M-$139M-$37.4M
Capital expenditure$110M$121M$71.9M$154M$65.1M
Total debt$329M$232M$171M$165M$25.3M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Natural Gas Services competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%-40%-20%0%METCSOCFTWCLBSGUSDWTIHMHOISACDCSMCEGYGPRKVTSAESIGRNTTXOPUMPNGS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Natural Gas Services is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×200×400×CLBSDWTIHMHOISSMCEGYVTSGRNTASCTXOPUMPNGSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Natural Gas Services is the large dot.

Natural Gas Services competitors and peer comparison

How Natural Gas Services compares with its peers

Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Natural Gas Services against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNGSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-16.8%-13.5%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-28.7%-12.1%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-38.1%-37.3%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+15.4%+0.1%6th highest of 19
Operating margin23.1%7.0%4th highest of 20
Forward P/E12.7×13.7×8th cheapest of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.8 pp-2.3 pp9th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA8.2×5.5×7th most expensive of 18
Net debt / EBITDA3.9×1.3×4th most indebted of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Natural Gas Services NGSUnited States$356M-29%+15%23%12.7×n/an/a
Ramaco Resources METCUnited States$366M-58%-6%-14%n/an/an/a
Sable Offshore SOCUnited States$370M-85%n/a-293%3.1×n/an/a
Presidio Production FTWUnited States$321M-7%n/an/a8,050.5×n/an/a
Core Laboratories CLBUnited States$405M-33%0%7%13.8×11.0%+1.6%
Star Group LP SGUUnited States$432M+2%+8%6%n/a-17.8%+4.0%
SandRidge Energy SDUnited States$463M-13%+30%42%5.9×-12.8%+7.0%
W&T Offshore WTIUnited States$479M-17%+20%5%498.4×3.9%+7.7%
HMH HMHUnited States$482M-49%-10%12%3.6×-2.1%+6.7%
Oil States International OISUnited States$499M-4%-1%1%13.5×27.7%+1.0%
ProFrac ACDCUnited States$547M-55%-16%-11%n/an/an/a
Summit Midstream SMCUnited States$551M-9%+21%16%147.3×10.9%+7.9%
VAALCO Energy EGYUnited States$566M-4%-25%9%18.9×n/an/a
GeoPark GPRKUnited States$613M+1%-5%24%9.8×n/an/a
Vitesse Energy VTSUnited States$623M-17%+11%12%42.9×13.4%+21.5%
Atlas Energy Solutions AESIUnited States$678M-71%-4%-11%n/an/an/a
Granite Ridge Resources GRNTUnited States$698M+6%+15%21%5.3×n/an/a
Ardmore Shipping ASCUnited States$712M-11%+21%29%4.1×-14.9%+7.1%
TXO Partners, L.P TXOUnited States$728M+7%+50%23%6.9×-13.3%+36.9%
CrossAmerica Partners LP CAPLUnited States$755M-9%0%5%17.6×-16.1%+13.6%
ProPetro PUMPUnited States$785M-59%-6%0%35.1×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Natural Gas Services's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Ramaco Resources (METC), Sable Offshore (SOC), Presidio Production (FTW), Core Laboratories (CLB), Star Group LP (SGU), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), HMH (HMH).
Is Natural Gas Services expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.7× against a peer median of 13.7×, 8th cheapest of 17 in its peer set.
How has Natural Gas Services stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -28.7% against -12.1% for the median peer; over one year -1.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.