NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP INC (NGS) — payout ratio, three ways
Fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · sector Energy · payout ratios computed from SEC filings, not taken from a data vendor.
| Basis | Payout | Why it differs |
|---|---|---|
| GAAP earnings | 13.2% | Swings with the commodity, not with the business. A payout ratio for a producer says as much about the oil price in that fiscal year as about the dividend. |
| Operating cash flow | 4.2% | Before capital spending, so it understates the payout that free cash flow shows. |
| Free cash flow | negative | Operating cash flow was $58.6m short of capital spending, so no ratio exists. The dividend was not funded from free cash flow this year. |
Nothing is marked as applying, deliberately. The basis that governs here is free cash flow, and this year it yields no ratio at all. The figure above is shown for completeness; treating it as the answer is the substitution this page exists to prevent.
Spread between highest and lowest: 9 percentage points. Same filings, different denominators.
The arithmetic
- GAAP earnings — dividends declared per share $0.21 ÷ diluted EPS $1.57
- Operating cash flow — dividends paid $2.6m ÷ operating cash flow $62.9m
- Free cash flow — dividends paid $2.6m ÷ (operating cash flow $62.9m − capex $121.5m)
Where the figures came from
- 10-K filed 2026-03-16 · accession
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Every one is public at sec.gov and free to check. That is the point — you should not have to take my word for any of it.
Caveats on this company
- DPS derived from dividends paid ($0.21); no per-share tag filed
Computed by an open pipeline reading SEC XBRL directly. If any number here looks wrong to you, tell me — that is more useful to me than agreement.