The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc shares valued at $622,500 were sold by Taylor Stephen Charles on May 15 ’25. At $24.90 per share, Taylor Stephen Charles sold 25,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 433,334 shares worth approximately $11.87 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Taylor Stephen Charles purchased 25,000 shares, netting a total of over 622,627 in proceeds.
Before that, Taylor Stephen Charles had sold 19,400 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $558,649, the Director traded Natural Gas Services Group, Inc shares for $28.80 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 19,400 shares, worth approximately $12.01 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Raymond James on August 07, 2024, Natural Gas Services Group, Inc [NGS] has been a Strong buy and the price target has been revised to $27. Analysts at Stifel started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of August 07, 2019, Maxim Group has reiterated its “Buy” rating for NGS. Earlier on January 25, 2019, Maxim Group initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for NGS stock.
Analyzing NGS Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Natural Gas Services Group, Inc [NYSE: NGS] rose 2.78% to $27.40. The stock’s lowest price that day was $26.2668, but it reached a high of $27.59 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.77%. Over the course of the year, Natural Gas Services Group, Inc shares have jumped approximately 2.24%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $29.74 on 01/22/25 and a 52-week low of $16.73 on 04/08/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Natural Gas Services Group, Inc (NGS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 26.58, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 25.76. In the upper region, resistance lies at 27.90. The next price resistance is at 28.41. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 75.72 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Natural Gas Services Group, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Natural Gas Services Group, Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 52227.0 shares to 0.24 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 0.19 million shares. A jump of 21.77% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.37 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.37.
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In terms of Natural Gas Services Group, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 28 in the next 12 months, up nearly 5.03% from the previous closing price of $26.66. Analysts anticipate Natural Gas Services Group, Inc stock to reach 28 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 28. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Natural Gas Services Group, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 23, 2017, Imperial Capital assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $27.
