NYSE:SWX - Southwest Gas Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Southwest Gas trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SWX."

Southwest Gas declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.52 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 14th. View Southwest Gas' Dividend History.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE:SWX) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.11. The utilities provider had revenue of $668.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $224 million. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 7.39% and a return on equity of 10.01%. The business's revenue was up 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.21 earnings per share. View Southwest Gas' Earnings History.

Southwest Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Southwest Gas.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Southwest Gas' stock. Their predictions range from $69.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Southwest Gas' share price to reach $78.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Southwest Gas.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Gas in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southwest Gas.

News articles about SWX stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Gas earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Some companies that are related to Southwest Gas include ENN ENERGY HOLD/ADR (XNGSY), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Nextdecade (NEXT), RGC Resources (RGCO), Corning Natural Gas (CNIG) and China Natural Gas (CHNGQ).

Southwest Gas' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.93%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.80%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.94%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.70%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.30%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.25%). Company insiders that own Southwest Gas stock include Eric Debonis, Gregory J Peterson, Justin L Brown, Karen S Haller, Kenneth J Kenny, Thomas A Thomas and Thomas E Chestnut. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Southwest Gas.

SWX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., FMR LLC, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Macquarie Group Ltd., AXA, Prudential Financial Inc. and William Blair Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Gas company stock in the last year include Eric Debonis, Justin L Brown, Karen S Haller, Kenneth J Kenny and Thomas E Chestnut. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southwest Gas.

SWX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, BlackRock Inc., Matarin Capital Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southwest Gas.

Shares of SWX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.17.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $4.01 billion and generates $2.55 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $193.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.62 on an earnings per share basis. Southwest Gas employs 2,285 workers across the globe.

The official website for Southwest Gas is http://www.swgasholdings.com.

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.