How to buy ONE Gas stock | 77.68

ONE Gas, Inc is an utilities—regulated gas business based in the US. ONE Gas shares (OGS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. ONE Gas employs 3,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.5 billion.

How to buy shares in ONE Gas

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for ONE Gas. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: OGS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until ONE Gas reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$77.68, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of ONE Gas, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ONE Gas. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted ONE Gas's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, ONE Gas's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$77.68, which is 17.50% down on its pre-crash value of USD$94.16 and 22.00% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$63.67.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of ONE Gas shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$707.98 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$813.31.

ONE Gas share price

Use our graph to track the performance of OGS stocks over time.

ONE Gas shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-23.

Latest market close	USD$77.68
52-week range	USD$62.3447 - USD$94.4159
50-day moving average	USD$73.518
200-day moving average	USD$74.9801
Wall St. target price	USD$78.88
PE ratio	21.6169
Dividend yield	USD$2.16 (2.81%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$3.55

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Is it a good time to buy ONE Gas stock?

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ONE Gas price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $77.68 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-19)	1.82%
1 month (2020-10-26)	5.27%
3 months (2020-08-26)	5.49%
6 months (2020-05-26)	-2.56%

1 year (2019-11-26)	-13.16%
2 years (2018-11-26)	-7.98%
3 years (2017-11-24)	1.16%
5 years (2015-11-25)	59.51%

Is ONE Gas under- or over-valued?

Valuing ONE Gas stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of ONE Gas's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

ONE Gas's P/E ratio

ONE Gas's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, ONE Gas shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

ONE Gas's PEG ratio

ONE Gas's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.19. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into ONE Gas's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

ONE Gas's EBITDA

ONE Gas's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$484.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a ONE Gas's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

ONE Gas financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	19.71%
Gross profit TTM	USD$535.6 million
Return on assets TTM	3.27%
Return on equity TTM	8.8%
Profit margin	12.63%
Book value	$41.434
Market capitalisation	USD$4.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ONE Gas shares

There are currently 826,466 ONE Gas shares held short by investors – that's known as ONE Gas's "short interest". This figure is 31% down from 1.2 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting ONE Gas shares can be evaluated.

ONE Gas's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ONE Gas's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ONE Gas shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ONE Gas shares traded daily (recently around 240251.74418605). ONE Gas's SIR currently stands at 3.44. In other words for every 100,000 ONE Gas shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3440 shares are currently held short.

However ONE Gas's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ONE Gas shares, or, against the total number of tradable ONE Gas shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ONE Gas's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ONE Gas shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0204% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ONE Gas shares, roughly 20 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against ONE Gas.

Find out more about how you can short ONE Gas stock.

ONE Gas share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 60.85% of net profits

Recently ONE Gas has paid out, on average, around 60.85% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.81% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), ONE Gas shareholders could enjoy a 2.81% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In ONE Gas's case, that would currently equate to about $2.16 per share.

ONE Gas's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

ONE Gas's most recent dividend payout was on 1 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

ONE Gas share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ONE Gas's shares have ranged in value from as little as $62.3447 up to $94.4159. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while ONE Gas's is 0.208. This would suggest that ONE Gas's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

ONE Gas overview

ONE Gas, Inc. operates as a regulated natural gas distribution utility company in the United States. The company operates in three divisions: Oklahoma Natural Gas, Kansas Gas Service, and Texas Gas Service. It provides natural gas distribution services to 2.2 million customers in three states. The company serves residential, commercial and industrial, transportation and wholesale, and public authority customers. As of December 31, 2018, it operated approximately 40,300 miles of distribution mains; and 2,600 miles of transmission pipelines, as well as had 48.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ONE Gas is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.753% of ONE Gas shares are held by insiders and 80.688% by institutions.

• How many people work for ONE Gas?

  Latest data suggests 3,600 work at ONE Gas.

• When does the fiscal year end for ONE Gas?

  ONE Gas's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is ONE Gas based?

  ONE Gas's address is: 15 East Fifth Street, Tulsa, OK, United States, 74103

• What is ONE Gas's ISIN number?

  ONE Gas's international securities identification number is: US68235P1084

• What is ONE Gas's CUSIP number?

  ONE Gas's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 68235P108