Southwest Gas Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Gas in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Southwest Gas stock. 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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Southwest Gas saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 981,500 shares, an increase of 49.0% from the June 30th total of 658,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 451,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days.
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Southwest Gas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $2.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.92 by $0.11. The utilities provider had revenue of $885.91 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $570.60 million. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 8.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.38%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share.
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Southwest Gas' stock was trading at $61.93 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SWX stock has increased by 14.9% and is now trading at $71.17.
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Southwest Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.595 per share on Wednesday, September 1st. This represents a $2.38 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 13th.
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Southwest Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.38 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.39%. Southwest Gas has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Southwest Gas is 57.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Southwest Gas will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.84% next year. This indicates that Southwest Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Southwest Gas issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.000-4.200 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.140. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

4 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Southwest Gas' shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Southwest Gas' share price to reach $65.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.7%.
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13 employees have rated Southwest Gas CEO John P. Hester on Glassdoor.com. John P. Hester has an approval rating of 68% among Southwest Gas' employees.

Some companies that are related to Southwest Gas include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK) and Northwest Natural (NWN).
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Southwest Gas trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SWX."

Southwest Gas' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.98%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%) and New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%). Company insiders that own Southwest Gas stock include Eric Debonis, Jane Lewis-Raymond, John P Hester, Jose Luis Esparza Jr, Justin L Brown, Kenneth J Kenny, Paul M Daily and Robert L Boughner.
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SWX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought Southwest Gas stock in the last two years include Jane Lewis-Raymond, John P Hester, Paul M Daily, and Robert L Boughner.
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One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.17.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $4.13 billion and generates $3.30 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $232.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.14 on an earnings per share basis.

Southwest Gas employs 2,272 workers across the globe.

Southwest Gas was founded in 1931.

The official website for Southwest Gas is www.swgasholdings.com.

Southwest Gas is headquartered at 5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD PO BOX 98510, LAS VEGAS NV, 89193.

Southwest Gas' mailing address is 5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD PO BOX 98510, LAS VEGAS NV, 89193. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 702-876-7237 or via email at [email protected]