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NiSource Inc. (NI)

Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Gas | Merrillville, United States | NYSE
40.57 USD -0.39 (-0.952%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:03 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 42.21 +1.64 (4.042%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:05 a.m. EDT

NiSource presents a classic defensive utility profile with a solid 2.88% yield that has been consistently raised over the last few years, supported by a manageable payout ratio of roughly 62%. The business fundamentals are stable, with revenue growing modestly and a long-term price trajectory showing a strong 73% gain over the past nine years, avoiding any multi-year structural decline. However, the stock is currently trading at a discount to its 50-day moving average, reflecting recent underperformance. While analysts see significant upside potential with a mean target near $50, the immediate technical setup remains neutral. The options market is actively betting on a bounce toward the $45-$50 zone, which aligns with the valuation gap, but the lack of strong momentum suggests patience is required before a high-conviction entry develops.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.029271
AutoARIMA0.029452
AutoTheta0.029509
MSTL0.032174

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 56%
H-stat 0.84
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.016
Excess Kurtosis 0.83
Attribute Value
Sector Utilities
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 146.649
Revenue per Share 14.418
Market Cap 19,455,752,192
Trailing P/E 21.81
Forward P/E 18.01
Beta 0.55
Profit Margins 13.15%
Website https://www.nisource.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 6:05 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls at the 45 and 50 strikes across multiple expirations. However, this bullish bias is tempered by significant put volume at the 40 strike and notable new flow into deep out-of-the-money puts (35 strike) for the November expiration, suggesting a 'straddle' or volatility play rather than a pure directional bet on a massive rally.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.68% 2.64% 3.12% 3.24%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-31 0.300000 0.675219
2026-04-30 0.300000 0.621375
2026-02-03 0.300000 0.682439
2025-10-31 0.280000 0.664925
2025-07-31 0.280000 0.659600
2025-04-30 0.280000 0.715929
2025-02-03 0.280000 0.745077
2024-10-31 0.265000 0.753697
2024-07-31 0.265000 0.848000
2024-04-29 0.265000 0.949821
2024-02-02 0.265000 1.035156
2023-10-30 0.250000 0.995223
2023-07-28 0.250000 0.900901
2023-04-27 0.250000 0.875657
2023-02-06 0.250000 0.916758
2022-10-28 0.235000 0.907686
2022-07-28 0.235000 0.785165
2022-04-28 0.235000 0.781770
2022-02-07 0.235000 0.816256
2021-10-28 0.220000 0.891410
2021-07-29 0.220000 0.873016
2021-04-29 0.220000 0.854037
2021-02-08 0.220000 0.985663
2020-10-29 0.210000 0.914634
2020-07-30 0.210000 0.857493
2020-04-29 0.210000 0.809873
2020-02-10 0.210000 0.703282
2019-10-30 0.200000 0.727008
2019-07-30 0.200000 0.676133
2019-04-29 0.200000 0.728332
2019-02-08 0.200000 0.752445
2018-10-30 0.195000 0.753478
2018-07-30 0.195000 0.758165
2018-04-27 0.195000 0.795594
2018-02-08 0.195000 0.866282
2017-10-30 0.175000 0.666667
2017-07-27 0.175000 0.665652
2017-04-26 0.175000 0.726443
2017-02-08 0.175000 0.788999
2016-10-27 0.165000 0.733986
2016-07-27 0.165000 0.648075
2016-04-27 0.155000 0.689195
2016-02-04 0.155000 0.732514
2015-10-28 0.155000 0.811518
2015-07-29 0.155000 0.909624
2015-04-28 0.102161 0.586907
2015-02-05 0.102161 0.577777
2014-10-29 0.102161 0.624699
2014-07-29 0.102161 0.669240
2014-04-28 0.098232 0.692330
2014-02-06 0.098232 0.740523
2013-10-29 0.098232 0.782474
2013-07-29 0.098232 0.811426
2013-04-26 0.094303 0.778719
2013-01-31 0.094303 0.887907
2012-10-31 0.094303 0.942289
2012-07-27 0.094303 0.937504
2012-04-26 0.090373 0.940692
2012-02-02 0.090373 1.006121
2011-10-27 0.090373 1.026783
2011-07-27 0.090373 1.129663
2011-04-27 0.090373 1.187400
2011-01-27 0.090373 1.226663
2010-10-27 0.090373 1.328708
2010-07-28 0.090373 1.379720
2010-04-28 0.090373 1.422383
2010-01-27 0.090373 1.591690
2009-10-28 0.090373 1.757061
2009-07-29 0.090373 1.798274
2009-04-28 0.090373 2.127653
2009-01-28 0.090373 2.127653
2008-10-29 0.090373 1.818176
2008-07-29 0.090373 1.354530
2008-04-28 0.090373 1.263732
2008-01-29 0.090373 1.235891
2007-10-29 0.090373 1.161612
2007-07-27 0.090373 1.196044
2007-04-26 0.090373 0.922951
2007-01-29 0.090373 0.965978
2006-10-27 0.090373 0.996099
2006-07-27 0.090373 1.004802
2006-04-26 0.090373 1.119763
2006-01-27 0.090373 1.120308
2005-10-27 0.090373 1.013213
2005-07-27 0.090373 0.946499
2005-04-27 0.090373 0.999997
2005-01-27 0.090373 1.011875
2004-10-27 0.090373 1.079302
2004-07-28 0.090373 1.102585
2004-04-28 0.090373 1.112182
2004-01-28 0.090373 1.080316
2003-10-29 0.090373 1.133560
2003-07-29 0.113949 1.534393
2003-04-28 0.113949 1.480348
2003-01-29 0.113949 1.602211
2002-10-29 0.113949 1.736528
2002-07-29 0.113949 1.527925
2002-04-26 0.113949 1.329057
2002-01-29 0.113949 1.434225
2001-10-29 0.113949 1.251079
2001-07-27 0.113949 1.110686
2001-04-26 0.113949 0.986395
2001-01-29 0.113949 1.066569
2000-10-27 0.106090 1.130886
2000-07-27 0.106090 1.354227
2000-04-26 0.106090 1.439995
2000-01-27 0.106090 1.411760
1999-10-27 0.100196 1.247701
1999-07-28 0.100196 0.985503
1999-04-28 0.100196 0.929381
1999-01-27 0.100196 0.933634
1998-10-28 0.094303 0.795035
1998-07-29 0.094303 0.866821
1998-04-28 0.094303 0.920868
1998-01-28 0.094303 0.941181
1997-10-29 0.088409 1.027108
1997-07-29 0.088409 1.084342
1997-04-28 0.088409 1.150164
1997-01-29 0.088409 1.150164
1996-10-29 0.082515 1.127520
1996-07-29 0.082515 1.123749
1996-04-26 0.082515 1.170735
1996-01-29 0.082515 1.098043
1995-10-27 0.076621 1.075865
1995-07-27 0.076621 1.200003
1995-04-24 0.076621 1.204636
1995-01-25 0.076621 1.283954
1994-10-25 0.070727 1.315070
1994-07-25 0.070727 1.236053
1994-04-25 0.070727 1.133860
1994-01-25 0.070727 1.195022
1993-10-25 0.064833 1.011494
1993-07-26 0.064833 1.043478
1993-04-26 0.064833 1.077551
1993-01-25 0.064833 1.222222
1992-10-26 0.060904 1.227728
1992-07-27 0.060904 1.192313
1992-04-24 0.060904 1.340546
1992-01-27 0.060904 1.278356
1991-10-25 0.056974 1.177656
1991-07-25 0.056974 1.364695
1991-04-24 0.056974 1.432087
1991-01-25 0.056974 1.557034
1990-10-25 0.051081 1.464802
1990-07-25 0.051081 1.540754
1990-04-24 0.051081 1.518262
1990-01-25 0.051081 1.507260
1989-10-25 0.041257 1.208622
1989-07-25 0.041257 1.166656
1989-04-24 0.041257 1.448263
1989-01-25 0.041257 1.541271
1988-10-25 0.029470 1.132093
1988-07-25 0.029470 1.411787
1988-04-25 0.029470 1.428594
1988-01-25 0.029470 1.481505
1987-10-26 0.029470 1.714312
1985-10-25 0.076621 3.851862
1985-07-25 0.076621 3.250007
1985-04-24 0.076621 3.284218
1985-01-25 0.076621 3.250007
1984-10-25 0.076621 2.836370
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.2
dividendYield 2.93
exDividendDate 2026-10-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.58
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014160156
lastDividendValue 0.3
lastDividendDate 2026-07-31
dividendDate 2026-11-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.027309418
Address1 801 East 86th Avenue
All Time High 49.21
All Time Low 1.571709
Ask 40.56
Ask Size 500
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 5,239,350
Average Daily Volume3 Month 5,044,125
Average Volume 5,044,125
Average Volume10Days 5,239,350
Beta 0.554
Bid 40.55
Bid Size 500
Board Risk 3
Book Value 19.968
City Merrillville
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 40.57
Current Ratio 0.498
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 41.245
Day Low 40.485
Debt To Equity 146.649
Display Name NiSource
Dividend Date 1,795,132,800
Dividend Rate 1.2
Dividend Yield 2.93
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,942,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,942,000
Earnings Growth -0.584
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.555
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,933,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,190,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,190,600
Ebitda 3,025,999,872
Ebitda Margins 0.43973
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.937
Enterprise To Revenue 5.689
Enterprise Value 39,148,552,192
Eps Current Year 2.05255
Eps Forward 2.25254
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.86
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,793,318,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 44.9458
Fifty Day Average Change -4.375801
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.09735728
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -2.7309418
Fifty Two Week High 49.21
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.639999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.17557406
Fifty Two Week Low 38.45
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.119999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.055136513
Fifty Two Week Range 38.45 - 49.21
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,153,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.19
Float Shares 477,732,976
Forward Eps 2.25254
Forward P E 18.010778
Free Cashflow -1,772,999,936
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 7,668
Fullday Change -0.389999
Fullday Change Percent -0.952147
Fullday Price 42.21
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.50971
Gross Profits 3,507,599,872
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00347
Held Percent Institutions 0.98139
Implied Shares Outstanding 479,560,100
Industry Utilities - Regulated Gas
Industry Disp Utilities - Regulated Gas
Industry Key utilities-regulated-gas
Ir Website http://ir.nisource.com/index.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,785,456,000
Last Dividend Value 0.3
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,435,795,200
Last Split Factor 2,545:1000
Long Business Summary NiSource Inc., an energy holding company, operates as a regulated natural gas and electric utility company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Columbia Operations and NIPSCO Operations. The company provides natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers through approximately 37,300 miles of distribution main pipeline and the associated individual customer service lines; and 310 miles of transmission main pipeline in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. It also generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 0.5 million customers in various counties in the northern part of Indiana, as well as engages in wholesale electric and transmission transactions. It owns and operates steam coal generating stations in Wheatfield and Michigan City; combined cycle gas turbine in West Terre Haute; natural gas generating units in Wheatfield; hydro generating plants in Carroll County and White County; wind generating units in White County; and solar generating units in Sullivan County, Gibson County, Jasper County, and White County. The company was formerly known as NIPSCO Industries, Inc. and changed its name to NiSource Inc. in April 1999. NiSource Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana.
Long Name NiSource Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 19,455,752,192
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_53839770
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 906,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 19,642,781,696
Number Of Analyst Opinions 14
Open 41.3
Operating Cashflow 2,303,200,000
Operating Margins 0.17156
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.617
Peg Ratio 2.32
Phone 614 460 6000
Post Market Change 1.6399994
Post Market Change Percent 4.042394
Post Market Price 42.21
Post Market Time 1,787,961,502
Previous Close 40.96
Price Eps Current Year 19.765656
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.0317507
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.8272545
Profit Margins 0.13153
Quick Ratio 0.218
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.6
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.389999
Regular Market Change Percent -0.952147
Regular Market Day High 41.245
Regular Market Day Low 40.485
Regular Market Day Range 40.485 - 41.245
Regular Market Open 41.3
Regular Market Previous Close 40.96
Regular Market Price 40.57
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,415
Regular Market Volume 3,054,038
Return On Assets 0.032420002
Return On Equity 0.085489996
Revenue Growth 0.046
Revenue Per Share 14.418
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Utilities
Sector Disp Utilities
Sector Key utilities
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 479,560,100
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0279
Shares Short 13,390,138
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 11,548,460
Short Name NiSource Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.0358
Short Ratio 2.3
Source Interval 15
State IN
Symbol NI
Target High Price 55.0
Target Low Price 43.0
Target Mean Price 49.92857
Target Median Price 50.5
Total Cash 70,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.146
Total Debt 17,443,000,320
Total Revenue 6,881,500,160
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.58
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014160156
Trailing Eps 1.86
Trailing P E 21.811827
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.3347
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 45.1173
Two Hundred Day Average Change -4.5472984
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.10078836
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,054,038
Website https://www.nisource.com
Zip 46,410