Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:NGS) Director Sells $558,720.00 in Stock

Posted by Jeff Wilder on Jan 23rd, 2025

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:NGS – Get Free Report) Director Stephen Charles Taylor sold 19,400 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.80, for a total transaction of $558,720.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 438,387 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,625,545.60. This trade represents a 4.24 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Stephen Charles Taylor also recently made the following trade(s):

On Thursday, December 12th, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 10,000 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.15, for a total transaction of $271,500.00.
On Monday, November 25th, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 600 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.50, for a total value of $17,100.00.
On Friday, November 22nd, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 10,000 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.00, for a total value of $280,000.00.
On Wednesday, November 20th, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 1,521 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total value of $39,546.00.
On Monday, November 18th, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 3,442 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.51, for a total transaction of $87,805.42.
On Friday, November 15th, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 10,042 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.01, for a total transaction of $251,150.42.
On Wednesday, November 13th, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 2,191 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.50, for a total transaction of $53,679.50.
On Monday, November 11th, Stephen Charles Taylor sold 3,096 shares of Natural Gas Services Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.50, for a total value of $75,852.00.

Natural Gas Services Group Price Performance

NYSE:NGS opened at $28.93 on Thursday. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. has a 52 week low of $14.09 and a 52 week high of $29.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.76. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $26.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.49. The firm has a market cap of $361.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.60 and a beta of 1.14.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in Natural Gas Services Group by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 921,915 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $18,548,000 after acquiring an additional 18,001 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Natural Gas Services Group by 5.1% during the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 399,342 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $8,035,000 after acquiring an additional 19,543 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Natural Gas Services Group by 19.1% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 162,646 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $3,108,000 after purchasing an additional 26,069 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in Natural Gas Services Group by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 127,330 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $2,562,000 after acquiring an additional 7,021 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC grew its stake in shares of Natural Gas Services Group by 5.2% in the third quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 88,857 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $1,698,000 after purchasing an additional 4,422 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.62% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com raised Natural Gas Services Group from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th.

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About Natural Gas Services Group

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Natural Gas Services Group, Inc provides natural gas compression equipment and services to the energy industry in the United States. It engineers and fabricates, operates, rents, and maintains natural gas compressors for oil and natural gas production and plant facilities. It also designs, fabricates, and assembles compressor units for rental or sale; and designs, manufactures, and sells a line of reciprocating natural gas compressor frames, cylinders, and parts.