Southwest Gas (SWX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Southwest Gas provides regulated natural gas distribution service to homes and businesses in the southwestern United States. Its utility operations include delivering natural gas through local pipeline networks and maintaining the infrastructure needed to serve customers.

The company serves customers in Arizona and Nevada, as well as parts of California. Its service area includes major metropolitan regions and smaller communities across these states.

Southwest Gas traces its history to 1931 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to its utility business, the company has been associated with infrastructure services through Centuri, which provides construction and maintenance services for energy and other utility networks.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $89.13 to $91.63
• 50-Day Range: $81.23 to $93.69
• 52-Week Range: $78.37 to $94.46
• Volume: 686,986 shs
• Average Volume: 717,981 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.31
• Dividend Yield: 2.82%
• Price Target: $101.25
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Southwest Gas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Southwest Gas scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 97 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: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Southwest Gas has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.13, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Southwest Gas has a consensus price target of $101.25, representing about 10.7% upside from its current price of $91.49.

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: 16.86%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Southwest Gas are expected to grow by 16.86% in the coming year, from $4.27 to $4.99 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Southwest Gas is 22.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.41.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Southwest Gas is 22.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 30.80.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Southwest Gas has a PEG Ratio of 1.92. 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 1.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.08% 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 4.89.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Southwest Gas has recently increased by 2.07%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Southwest Gas pays a meaningful dividend of 2.82%, 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 62.93%. 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 51.70% next year. This indicates that Southwest Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.64

News Sentiment

Southwest Gas has a news sentiment score of 0.64. 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 24 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. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 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

• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/04/2026
• Today: 11/08/2026
• Record date for 12/1 Dividend: 11/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/1 Dividend: 11/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/01/2026
• 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: $101.25
• High Price Target: $107.00
• Low Price Target: $92.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.13
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.31
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.33
• P/E Growth: 1.92
• Net Income: $439.83 million
• Net Margins: 17.23%
• Pretax Margin: 21.72%
• Return on Equity: 6.98%
• Return on Assets: 2.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.85
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.42
• Cash Flow: $8.25 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.09
• Book Value: $56.60 per share
• Price / Book: 1.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 72,480,000
• Free Float: 72,021,000
• Market Cap: $6.63 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.55