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 Monday, November 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.545 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $2.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. View Southwest Gas' Dividend History.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE:SWX) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.16. The utilities provider earned $725.23 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $229.10 million. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 6.26% and a return on equity of 8.11%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.25 earnings per share. View Southwest Gas' Earnings History.

Southwest Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Southwest Gas.

Southwest Gas will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Southwest Gas' stock. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $96.00. On average, they anticipate Southwest Gas' stock price to reach $91.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% 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.

Press coverage about SWX stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Gas earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.20%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.02%), FMR LLC (1.60%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.53%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.32%). 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 purchased 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, UBS Group AG, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. 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 $79.14.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $4.32 billion and generates $2.88 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $182.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.68 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.