Delta Natural Gas Company (DGAS) Receiving Somewhat Positive News Coverage, Study Shows

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Zacks has also given Delta Natural Gas Company an industry rank of 165 out of 265 based on the ratings given to related companies.

Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc distributes or transports natural gas to approximately 36,000 customers.

Heading into the earnings release, covering analysts have a consensus target price of $53.83 on Northwest Natural Gas Company shares. On average, analysts anticipate that Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. will post $0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of DGAS. Teachers Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Natural Gas Services Group by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. The company is scheduled to issue its next earnings report before the market opens on Monday, May 8th.

Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.is a biopharmaceutical company. Parnassus Investments CA now owns 397,500 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $23,894,000 after buying an additional 117,500 shares in the last quarter. AlphaOne Investment Services LLC now owns 136,139 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $4,376,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Delta Natural Gas Company from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 11th.

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The share price of the company (NASDAQ:DGAS) was up +0.61%, with a high of 30.07 during the day and the volume of Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. shares traded was 5926. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 65,273 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $1,982,000 after buying an additional 2,156 shares in the last quarter. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter previous year. If you are reading this story on another website, it was stolen and republished in violation of USA and global trademark and copyright laws. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 59.63% of the company's stock. 8,000 Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. The firm earned $18.94 million during the quarter. TheStreet raised Delta Natural Gas Company from a "c+" rating to a "b" rating in a research report on Friday, February 3rd.

Shares of Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) traded down 2.83% during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $27.45.

On 3/13/2017 Lea Anne Doolittle, Insider, sold 3,200 with an average share price of $58.00 per share and the total transaction amounting to $185,600.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 2.07% of the company's stock.

On 3/9/2017 David A Weber, CEO, sold 575 with an average share price of $57.49 per share and the total transaction amounting to $33,056.75. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. The Chickasaw Capital Management Llc holds 7.09M shares with $255.47 million value, up from 6.83M last quarter. The guidance assumes customer growth from our utility segment, average weather conditions, slow recovery of the gas storage market, and no significant changes in prevailing regulatory policies, mechanisms, or outcomes, or significant laws or regulations. After a recent look, shares have been seen 0.89% from the 200-day moving average, and 0.28% from the 50-day moving average. The Company maintains operations in Oregon, Washington and California and conducts businesses through NW Natural and its subsidiaries.

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