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National Fuel Gas Co.’s largest revenue source is natural gas produced by Seneca Resources in the Appalachian region. National Fuel Gas Midstream gathers gas from wells, processes it and moves it into interstate pipelines, primarily serving Seneca. Buyers pay for the gas delivered under contracts with market-linked or fixed prices. This business depends on production volumes and realized gas prices; hedges soften price swings. One unnamed gas customer also buys pipeline services and accounts for a meaningful share of company revenue.
The company also earns regulated fees for moving and storing gas that customers own. Supply Corporation and Empire Pipeline collect fixed monthly charges for reserving capacity, whether customers use it or not, so contract renewals matter more to revenue than short-term changes in throughput.
Distribution Corporation supplies and delivers gas to homes and businesses in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. It buys gas from outside suppliers, with DTE Energy Trading its largest supplier. Its earnings come from delivery charges, not markups on purchased gas. Federal regulators approve pipeline and storage rates, while state regulators approve utility rates, limiting what these businesses can charge and recover from customers. Drilling and infrastructure projects also require permits and access to land.
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Every company claims an edge. Each one is checked against hard numbers like margins and returns: which hold, and which line gives way first.
EQT competes with National Fuel in selling Appalachian natural gas, and both connect gas production with facilities that collect it and pipelines that move it to buyers. EQT’s Upstream revenue is a useful comparison, but it includes natural gas liquids, oil and derivative gains alongside gas sales.
Expand Energy and National Fuel compete to sell Appalachian natural gas, with both exposed to gas-market prices and where they deliver the gas. Watch the prices Expand receives from gas buyers, since its contracts generally use published indices or the daily spot price at the sale location.
Range Resources competes with National Fuel in developing Pennsylvania Appalachian gas reserves and selling gas to commodity-market buyers. Range’s drilling and production costs offer a concrete comparison: it says commodity producers have little lasting advantage in selling prices.
Gulfport competes with National Fuel in producing and selling Appalachian natural gas to buyers under spot and term contracts. Separate Gulfport’s eastern Ohio gas operations from its central Oklahoma operations when comparing its production news with National Fuel’s Appalachian business.
TC Energy competes with National Fuel to move and store Appalachian gas for northeastern customers, but its connected pipelines also give National Fuel access to Canadian, northeastern and midwestern markets. Watch TC Energy’s pipeline expansion news for changes in the routes connecting that gas with customers.
CenterPoint is selling its Ohio gas distribution company to National Fuel under a $2.62 billion agreement, subject to customary adjustments, directly tying National Fuel’s investment to the seller. Watch closing and payment terms: National Fuel agreed to pay with cash and a promise to repay CenterPoint under a seller-note arrangement.
Kinder Morgan competes with National Fuel for northeastern gas producers and consumers that pay to have their gas transported and stored. Its northeastern transportation and storage business is the relevant comparison, rather than its much broader pipeline and terminal network.
New Jersey Resources offers a comparison for National Fuel’s regulated gas returns: both deliver gas to customers at approved rates and operate transportation and storage assets. Its New Jersey residential and commercial gas business is the closer match to National Fuel’s utility than its clean-energy investments.
Atmos and National Fuel both rely on approved customer rates to earn returns from gas delivery, alongside pipeline and storage businesses. Watch Atmos’s distribution rate decisions: those rates are intended to cover operating costs and a reasonable return on invested capital.
Spire offers a comparison for National Fuel’s regulated gas delivery and pipeline-and-storage operations: both sell gas to customers and charge to move customer-owned gas. Watch Spire’s state-approved utility rates, which govern its retail gas sales and customer transportation fees.
National Fuel depends on DTE Energy as a major gas supplier: DTE’s trading subsidiary supplied 33% of its Utility segment’s gas purchases in fiscal 2025. Both also operate regulated utilities and gas infrastructure, but DTE’s gas-trading supply news is the most direct link to National Fuel’s purchases for retail customers and operations.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. earningsKMI
Kinder Morgan's report will show whether northeastern demand for gas transportation and storage is supporting services it shares with National Fuel.
Focus on Kinder Morgan's gas transportation and storage business, not its much broader pipeline and terminal network. If the relevant revenue or activity holds up, shippers are still paying for movement and storage, supporting demand for National Fuel's Pipeline and Storage business too. If it weakens, route competition, tariff discounts or softer storage demand may be pressuring those services.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. earningsCNP
CenterPoint's report may update the sale of its Ohio gas distribution business, a transaction tied to National Fuel's investment and financing plans.
Watch for an update on the sale and whether the cash and seller-note arrangement remains on track. Progress would make the timing and funding of National Fuel's planned $2.62 billion acquisition clearer; a delay or change in payment terms would leave both less certain.
Expand Energy Corporation earningsEXE
Expand Energy's report will show how Appalachian gas selling prices are moving, a useful read-through for the prices National Fuel may receive.
When reading Expand Energy's reported gas prices or revenue, separate natural gas from natural-gas liquids, oil and derivative gains. Stronger gas prices at its sales locations would point to a more favorable market for National Fuel's Appalachian production; weaker prices would pressure upstream revenue, even if other products or derivatives do better.
Range Resources Corp earningsRRC
Range Resources' report will show how Pennsylvania Appalachian drilling and production costs are moving, a comparison for National Fuel's upstream business.
Look at Range Resources' drilling and production cost per unit, separately from the price it receives for gas. Falling unit costs would suggest less production-cost pressure in the same Appalachian region and a more supportive backdrop for what National Fuel keeps after selling gas; rising costs would squeeze producers' margins if selling prices do not change. The companies' assets and operations differ, so this is a cost-environment comparison, not a direct match.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
National Fuel Gas’s short-term debt and some term-loan borrowings reprice with interest rates, so the Fed’s decision can change what the company pays to borrow.
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If it comes in above expectations
Higher rates can raise interest expense on the company’s floating-rate and resetting debt, leaving less cash for operations and planned investment; new borrowing may also cost more.
If it comes in below expectations
Lower rates can reduce interest expense on the company’s floating-rate and resetting debt, leaving more cash for operations and planned investment; new borrowing may also cost less.
National Fuel Gas Co. earningsThis company
National Fuel's report will show whether Appalachian gas production and prices after hedging keep its upstream revenue growing.
Read Seneca's gas production alongside its average realized price after hedging. If both rise, National Fuel is producing more gas and receiving a better price for it; if either weakens, upstream revenue has less support, and the report's Pipeline and Storage and Utility results matter more to the overall business.
Atmos Energy Corporation earningsATO
Atmos Energy's report will show whether approved gas-distribution rates are covering costs and supporting returns, a peer comparison for National Fuel's Utility business.
Read Atmos Energy's gas-distribution revenue alongside operating costs, and watch whether approved rates cover costs and support a reasonable return. If revenue keeps pace, its rate framework is supporting distribution and offers a constructive comparison for National Fuel's regulated Utility business; if costs run ahead, it shows how rate recovery can come under pressure. Different regulators set the two companies' rates, so Atmos's rates do not determine National Fuel's.
DTE Energy Company earningsDTE
DTE Energy's report may shed light on its trading subsidiary, which supplied 33% of National Fuel Utility's gas purchases in fiscal 2025.
Watch whether DTE's trading business points to stable supply or changes in gas costs or supply terms. Stable supply and terms would support National Fuel's ability to arrange gas for Utility customers; disruption or higher costs would pressure procurement and cash needs. The Utility generally collects corresponding gas costs from customers through purchased-gas adjustment clauses, subject to regulatory review.
