Southwest Gas (SWX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SWX) is an energy company whose principal business is the regulated distribution of natural gas through its Southwest Gas Corporation subsidiary. The utility delivers natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial and other customers, providing an essential energy service for heating, cooking and business operations.

Southwest Gas serves customers across portions of Arizona, Nevada and California through an extensive network of pipelines and related infrastructure. Its operations include the acquisition, transportation and delivery of natural gas, as well as customer service, system maintenance and infrastructure improvements designed to support safe and reliable distribution.

Founded in 1931, the company has expanded alongside the communities and regional economies it serves. Southwest Gas Holdings has also historically owned other energy infrastructure and utility-services businesses, although its regulated natural gas distribution operations remain central to the company’s identity.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $82.85 to $85.56
• 50-Day Range: $81.23 to $92.68
• 52-Week Range: $76.74 to $94.46
• Volume: 502,572 shs
• Average Volume: 831,852 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.26
• Dividend Yield: 3.02%
• Price Target: $101.13
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Southwest Gas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Southwest Gas scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 7th out of 96 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Southwest Gas has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.78, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Southwest Gas has a consensus price target of $101.13, representing about 18.4% upside from its current price of $85.39.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Southwest Gas has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.10%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Southwest Gas are expected to grow by 17.10% in the coming year, from $4.27 to $5.00 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Southwest Gas is 11.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Southwest Gas is 11.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 24.22.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Southwest Gas has a PEG Ratio of 1.77. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Southwest Gas has a P/B Ratio of 1.56. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.99% of the float of Southwest Gas has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Southwest Gas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.96, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Southwest Gas has recently increased by 30.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Southwest Gas pays a meaningful dividend of 3.09%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Southwest Gas does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Southwest Gas is 33.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Southwest Gas will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.60% next year. This indicates that Southwest Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.49

News Sentiment

Southwest Gas has a news sentiment score of 0.49. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Southwest Gas this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for SWX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Southwest Gas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Southwest Gas insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $204,525.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.63% of the stock of Southwest Gas is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.77% of the stock of Southwest Gas is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Today: 10/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Gas Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Gas Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SWX
• CIK: 1692115
• Web: www.swgasholdings.com
• Phone: (702) 876-7237
• Fax: 702-876-7037
• Employees: 2,453
• Year Founded: 1931

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Southwest Gas: $101.13
• High Price Target: $107.00
• Low Price Target: $92.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.78
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.66
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.15
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.00
• P/E Growth: 1.77
• Net Income: $439.83 million
• Net Margins: 31.85%
• Pretax Margin: 21.22%
• Return on Equity: 6.79%
• Return on Assets: 2.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.83
• Current Ratio: 1.12
• Quick Ratio: 0.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.74 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.55
• Cash Flow: $8.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.22
• Book Value: $54.88 per share
• Price / Book: 1.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 72,446,000
• Free Float: 71,990,000
• Market Cap: $6.19 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.57