Southwest Gas (SWX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Gas in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" SWX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SWX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Southwest Gas' stock. Their SWX share price targets range from $73.00 to $73.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $73.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% from the stock's current price.
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Southwest Gas' stock was trading at $63.35 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SWX stock has increased by 14.1% and is now trading at $72.28.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 28th. The utilities provider reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.16. The utilities provider earned $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.27 billion. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 2.78% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.28%.

Southwest Gas declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Monday, June 3rd. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 14th.
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Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.40%. The dividend payout ratio is 116.98%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, SWX will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.34% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) stock in their portfolio include LeaderShares Activist Leaders ETF (ACTV), Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB), Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF (GLRY), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust (RNEW), Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP), ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV) and Burney U.S. Factor Rotation ETF (BRNY).

13 employees have rated Southwest Gas Chief Executive Officer John P. Hester on Glassdoor.com. John P. Hester has an approval rating of 68% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Southwest Gas investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T), Home Depot (HD), Pfizer (PFE), RTX (RTX) and Walmart (WMT).

Southwest Gas' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BTC Capital Management Inc. (0.00%) and Central Valley Advisors LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Carl C Icahn, Eric Debonis, Lori L Colvin and Paul M Daily.
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Shares of SWX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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