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

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

Southwest Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.57 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. This is a boost from Southwest Gas's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View Southwest Gas' Dividend History.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE:SWX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The utilities provider reported $1.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.22. The utilities provider had revenue of $848.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $824.83 million. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 6.86% and a return on equity of 8.93%. View Southwest Gas' Earnings History.

Southwest Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Southwest Gas.

Southwest Gas updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.75-$4.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.01.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Southwest Gas' shares. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Southwest Gas' share price to reach $91.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Southwest Gas.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Gas in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Southwest Gas.

Media coverage about SWX stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Gas earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Southwest Gas.

Some companies that are related to Southwest Gas include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), New Jersey Resources (NJR), National Fuel Gas (NFG), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural (NWN) and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Southwest Gas investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Home Depot (HD), Procter & Gamble (PG), PPL (PPL), Union Pacific (UNP), Walmart (WMT), Alibaba Group (BABA), Honeywell International (HON) and AT&T (T).

Southwest Gas' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.69%), State Street Corp (3.20%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.02%), FMR LLC (1.60%) and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.53%). Company insiders that own Southwest Gas stock include Eric Debonis, John P Hester, Justin L Brown, Karen S Haller, Kenneth J Kenny, Paul M Daily, Robert L Boughner, 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 Alliancebernstein L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Moody Aldrich Partners LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC and FMR LLC. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Gas company stock in the last year include Eric Debonis, John P Hester, Kenneth J Kenny and Thomas E Chestnut. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southwest Gas.

SWX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Macquarie Group Ltd., UBS Group AG and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have bought Southwest Gas stock in the last two years include Eric Debonis, Justin L Brown, Paul M Daily, Robert L Boughner and Thomas A Thomas. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.77.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $3.65 billion and generates $3.12 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $182.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.94 on an earnings per share basis. Southwest Gas employs 2,312 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Southwest Gas.

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.