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 Wednesday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.545 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $2.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 14th. View Southwest Gas' Dividend History.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE:SWX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $713.01 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $289.70 million. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 6.61% and a return on equity of 8.86%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.44 EPS. View Southwest Gas' Earnings History.

Southwest Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Southwest Gas.

Southwest Gas issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.75-4.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.94.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Southwest Gas' stock. Their predictions range from $76.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Southwest Gas' stock price to reach $87.1667 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Southwest Gas.

6 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southwest Gas.

Media stories about SWX stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Southwest Gas.

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).

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Southwest Gas' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.85%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.37%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.60%), Northern Trust Corp (2.81%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.23%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.08%). Company insiders that own Southwest Gas stock include Eric Debonis, Gregory J Peterson, John P Hester, Justin L Brown, Karen S Haller, Kenneth J Kenny, Paul M Daily, 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., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Victory Capital Management Inc., Gabelli Funds LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Gas company stock in the last year include Eric Debonis, John P Hester, Justin L Brown, 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Moody Aldrich Partners LLC and Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Southwest Gas stock in the last two years include Eric Debonis, Justin L Brown, Paul M Daily 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.93.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $4.83 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.