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NGG Natural GAS Transmission · NYSE

Market statistics

Annualised volatility 21.0%
Beta vs SPY 0.28
Market correlation 0.172
Rate sensitivity -0.37
Volatility sensitivity -0.20
Traded per day $73.1M

Measured from daily returns over the past year. That is not the same estimator as the beta quoted on most finance sites, which is usually five years of monthly returns, and in a market where single stocks move on their own news the daily figure comes out materially lower. Over this window the average large-cap correlation to the index is far below its long-run level: a low number here is a statement about the last twelve months, not a claim that the security is uncorrelated with the market in general.

Short selling — three different measurements

Shares short 1.2M
Days to cover 1.8
Change vs prior +64.2%
Short share of volume 44.0%
Largest fail balance 33,948
Dates with a fail balance 20

These measure different things and are routinely confused. Shares short is an outstanding position, reported twice monthly (settlement 2026-08-14). Short share of volume counts sell-side transactions flagged short each day, most of which is market-maker hedging closed the same session — the market-wide median is around half. Fail balances are shares that did not settle on time; the SEC states these are cumulative balances whose age cannot be determined, and they are not evidence of naked short selling.

Ownership

Institutions reporting a position 582
Reported value $4.73B

Largest reported holdersamong the managers stored here

ManagerReported valueShares
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC $183.5M 2,168,755
FEDERATED HERMES, INC. $181.2M 2,142,131
JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP $176.8M 2,157,622
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. $156.0M 1,844,307
GQG Partners LLC $500,324 5,914

On the public record

Moves most like

Ticker1-year correlationVolatility vs NGG
JXI iShares Global Utilities ETF 0.747 0.62×
FXU First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund 0.591 0.66×
EWU iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 0.588 0.71×
RSPU Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF 0.585 0.69×
FLGB Franklin FTSE United Kingdom ETF 0.580 0.70×
XLU State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF 0.569 0.72×
FUTY Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF 0.566 0.71×
IDU iShares U.S. Utilities ETF 0.562 0.68×

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