Southwest Gas - SWX Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Gas in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" SWX shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Southwest Gas' stock. Their SWX share price forecasts range from $86.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $91.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.9% from the stock's current price.
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Southwest Gas' stock was trading at $70.05 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SWX shares have decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $69.75.
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Southwest Gas saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,060,000 shares, an increase of 27.2% from the August 31st total of 1,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 515,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 8th 2022.
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Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 9th. The utilities provider reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.30. The utilities provider earned $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 3.37% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.96%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.43 EPS.

Southwest Gas declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 21st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 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 3.47%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 15 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 101.64%. 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 51.56% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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.

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

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One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.75.

Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) has a market capitalization of $4.66 billion and generates $3.68 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $200.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.44 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,286 workers across the globe.

Southwest Gas' mailing address is 5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD PO BOX 98510, LAS VEGAS NV, 89193. The official website for the company is www.swgasholdings.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (702) 876-7237, via email at ken.kenny@swgas.com, or via fax at 702-876-7037.