National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) reported quarterly earnings of $1.64 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.58 by 4.06 percent. This is a 65.66 percent increase over earnings of $0.99 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $531.830 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $598.621 million by 11.16 percent. This is a 27.40 percent increase over sales of $417.442 million the same period last year.