ONE Gas Issues 2026 Financial Guidance
Rhea-AI Summary
ONE Gas (NYSE: OGS) issued 2026 financial guidance and updated five-year targets on Dec. 1, 2025. The company expects 2026 net income $294M–$302M and EPS $4.65–$4.77 (midpoint EPS $4.71). Capital investments for 2026 are forecast at ~$800M (including asset removal), with ~$230M for new-customer extensions and an anticipated average rate base of $6.3B.
For 2026–2030, ONE Gas expects annual capital spending of $800M–$900M, average rate base growth of 7%–9% per year, net income growth of 7%–9% annually, and long-term diluted EPS growth of 5%–7% (raised from 4%–6%). The company estimates $1.3B of long-term financing needs through 2030 with ~30% equity and maintains an expected dividend growth rate of 1%–2% through 2030.
Positive
- Long-term diluted EPS growth raised to 5%–7% (from 4%–6%)
- 2026 capital investments of approximately $800M to support system integrity
- Five-year capital plan of $800M–$900M annually supporting 7%–9% rate base growth
Negative
- 2026 guidance is partially offset by higher operating expenses and increased depreciation
- Company estimates $1.3B financing needs through 2026–2030, requiring ~30% equity
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, OGS declined 2.42%, reflecting a moderate negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
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While OGS fell 1.11%, close peers like BKH (+0.84%), SR (+0.51%) and NJR (+0.48%) were modestly higher, indicating a stock-specific reaction rather than a sector move.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 02 | Investor conferences | Neutral | -1.1% | Announcement of participation in three utility-focused investor conferences. |
| Dec 01 | Financial guidance | Positive | -2.4% | Issued 2026 guidance and raised long-term diluted EPS growth target. |
| Nov 18 | Board transition | Neutral | +0.0% | Planned retirement of board chair and election of new chair in 2026. |
| Nov 10 | Exchange listing | Positive | +0.7% | Announcement of dual listing on NYSE Texas while retaining NYSE. |
| Nov 03 | Earnings and guidance | Positive | +0.5% | Stronger Q3 2025 results and narrowed 2025 financial guidance range. |
Recent corporate and capital-markets updates have produced modest single-day moves, with financial guidance on this date drawing a more negative reaction than other news.
Over the last few months, ONE Gas has combined steady operational progress with active investor communications. Q3 2025 results on Nov 3 showed higher net income and EPS and led to a small positive move. A dual listing on NYSE Texas on Nov 11 and a planned board leadership transition on Nov 18 also saw modest gains. By contrast, the Dec 1 2026 financial guidance and five-year growth update, which raised long-term EPS growth targets, was followed by a more pronounced single-day decline.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement details 2026 guidance and a refreshed five-year outlook, including net income of $294M–$302M, EPS of $4.65–$4.77, and about $800M of 2026 capital investments tied to system integrity and growth. Management raised long-term EPS growth targets to 5%–7% and outlined about $1.3B of long-term financing needs through 2030, alongside outstanding forward sale agreements. Investors may watch execution on rate base growth, expense control, and future financing mix against these targets.
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"As we enter 2026, we are fully leveraging opportunities to support customer growth and invest in our system, all while maintaining our commitments to safety and customer affordability," said Robert S. McAnnally, president and chief executive officer. "We remain focused on meeting evolving customer needs and advancing investments that position us for ongoing, sustainable growth."
2026 FINANCIAL GUIDANCE
ONE Gas (the "Company") expects 2026 net income to be in the range of
The Company's 2026 earnings guidance includes the benefit of new rates and customer growth, partially offset by higher operating expenses and depreciation expense from capital investments.
Capital investments, including asset removal costs, are expected to be approximately
FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL GROWTH RATES
For the five years ending 2030, capital investments, including asset removal costs, are expected to be in the range of
Annual net income and diluted earnings per share are expected to increase by an average of
Operating costs over the five-year period are expected to increase an average of approximately
The Company estimates total net long-term financing needs for the period 2026 through 2030 of approximately
The Company has outstanding forward sale agreements covering approximately 2.9 million shares of its common stock at an average price of approximately
Consistent with last year's guidance, the Company expects to achieve an average annual dividend growth rate of
CONFERENCE CALL, WEBCAST AND INVESTOR PRESENTATION
The ONE Gas executive management team will conduct a conference call on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, at 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (7 a.m. Central Standard Time). The call also will be carried live on the ONE Gas website.
To participate in the telephone conference call, dial 833-470-1428, passcode 582279, or log on to www.onegas.com/investors and select Events and Presentations.
If you are unable to participate in the conference call or the webcast, a replay will be available on the ONE Gas website, www.onegas.com, for 30 days. A recording will be available by phone for seven days. The playback call may be accessed at 866-813-9403, passcode 732389.
Additional information can be found in the 2026 Financial Guidance investor presentation on the ONE Gas website at https://www.onegas.com/investors/financials-and-filings/guidance.
Guidance estimates may be impacted by the variables in the forward-looking statements listed below.
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Some of the statements contained and incorporated in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The forward-looking statements relate to our anticipated financial performance, liquidity, management's plans and objectives for our future operations, our business prospects, the outcome of regulatory and legal proceedings, market conditions and other matters. We make these forward-looking statements in reliance on the safe harbor protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following discussion is intended to identify important factors that could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include the items identified in the preceding paragraph, the information concerning possible or assumed future results of our operations and other statements contained or incorporated in this news release identified by words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," "should," "goal," "forecast," "guidance," "could," "may," "continue," "might," "potential," "scheduled," "likely," and other words and terms of similar meaning.
One should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are applicable only as of the date of this news release. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Those factors may affect our operations, costs, liquidity, markets, products, services and prices. In addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with the forward-looking statements, factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statement include, among others, the following:
- our ability to recover costs, income taxes and amounts equivalent to the cost of property, plant and equipment, regulatory assets and our allowed rate of return in our regulated rates or other recovery mechanisms;
- cyber-attacks, which, according to experts, continue to increase in volume and sophistication, or breaches of technology systems that could disrupt our operations or result in the loss or exposure of confidential or sensitive customer, employee, vendor, counterparty, or Company information; further, increased remote working arrangements have required enhancements and modifications to our information technology infrastructure (e.g. Internet, Virtual Private Network, remote collaboration systems, etc.), and any failures of the technologies, including third-party service providers, that facilitate working remotely could limit our ability to conduct ordinary operations or expose us to increased risk or effect of an attack;
- our ability to manage our operations and maintenance costs;
- changes in regulation of natural gas distribution services, particularly those in
Oklahoma ,Kansas andTexas ; - the economic climate and, particularly, its effect on the natural gas requirements of our residential and commercial customers;
- the length and severity of a pandemic or other health crisis which could significantly disrupt or prevent us from operating our business in the ordinary course for an extended period;
- competition from alternative forms of energy, including, but not limited to, electricity, solar power, wind power, geothermal energy and biofuels;
- adverse weather conditions and variations in weather, including seasonal effects on demand and/or supply, the occurrence of severe storms in the territories in which we operate, and climate change, and the related effects on supply, demand, and costs;
- indebtedness could make us more vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions, limit our ability to borrow additional funds and/or place us at competitive disadvantage compared with competitors;
- our ability to secure reliable, competitively priced and flexible natural gas transportation and supply, including decisions by natural gas producers to reduce production or shut-in producing natural gas wells and expiration of existing supply and transportation and storage arrangements that are not replaced with contracts with similar terms and pricing;
- our ability to complete necessary or desirable expansion or infrastructure development projects, which may delay or prevent us from serving our customers or expanding our business;
- operational and mechanical hazards or interruptions;
- adverse labor relations;
- the effectiveness of our strategies to reduce earnings lag, revenue protection strategies and risk mitigation strategies, which may be affected by risks beyond our control such as commodity price volatility, counterparty performance or creditworthiness and interest rate risk;
- the capital-intensive nature of our business, and the availability of and access to, in general, funds to meet our debt obligations prior to or when they become due and to fund our operations and capital expenditures, either through (i) cash on hand, (ii) operating cash flow, or (iii) access to the capital markets and other sources of liquidity;
- our ability to obtain capital on commercially reasonable terms, or on terms acceptable to us, or at all;
- limitations on our operating flexibility, earnings and cash flows due to restrictions in our financing arrangements;
- cross-default provisions in our borrowing arrangements, which may lead to our inability to satisfy all of our outstanding obligations in the event of a default on our part;
- changes in the financial markets during the periods covered by the forward-looking statements, particularly those affecting the availability of capital and our ability to refinance existing debt and fund investments and acquisitions to execute our business strategy;
- actions of rating agencies, including the ratings of debt, general corporate ratings and changes in the rating agencies' ratings criteria;
- changes in inflation and interest rates;
- our ability to recover the costs of natural gas purchased for our customers and any related financing required to support our purchase of natural gas supply;
- impact of potential impairment charges;
- volatility and changes in markets for natural gas and our ability to secure additional and sufficient liquidity on reasonable commercial terms to cover costs associated with such volatility;
- possible loss of local distribution company franchises or other adverse effects caused by the actions of municipalities;
- payment and performance by counterparties and customers as contracted and when due, including our counterparties maintaining ordinary course terms of supply and payments;
- changes in existing or the addition of new environmental, safety, tax and other laws to which we and our subsidiaries are subject, including those that may require significant expenditures, significant increases in operating costs or, in the case of noncompliance, substantial fines or penalties;
- the effectiveness of our risk-management policies and procedures, and employees violating our risk-management policies;
- the uncertainty of estimates, including accruals and costs of environmental remediation;
- advances in technology, including technologies that increase efficiency or that improve electricity's competitive position relative to natural gas;
- population growth rates and changes in the demographic patterns of the markets we serve, and economic conditions in these areas' housing markets;
- acts of nature and the potential effects of threatened or actual terrorism and war, including recent events in
Europe and theMiddle East ; - the sufficiency of insurance coverage to cover losses;
- the effects of our strategies to reduce tax payments;
- changes in accounting standards;
- changes in corporate governance standards;
- existence of material weaknesses in our internal controls;
- our ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and the ONE Gas Credit Agreement, a violation of which, if not cured in a timely manner, could trigger a default of our obligations;
- our ability to attract and retain talented employees, management and directors, and shortage of skilled-labor;
- unexpected increases in the costs of providing health care benefits, along with pension and postemployment health care benefits, as well as declines in the discount rates on, declines in the market value of the debt and equity securities of, and increases in funding requirements for, our defined benefit plans; and
- our ability to successfully complete merger, acquisition or divestiture plans, regulatory or other limitations imposed as a result of a merger, acquisition or divestiture, and the success of the business following a merger, acquisition or divestiture.
These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other factors could also have material adverse effects on our future results. These and other risks are described in greater detail in Part 1, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Annual Report. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or change in circumstances, expectations or otherwise.
Analyst Contact: | Erin Dailey 918-947-7411 |
Media Contact: | Leah Harper 918-947-7123 |
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