Southwest Gas Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Gas in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Southwest Gas stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SWX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Southwest Gas saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 661,400 shares, a decrease of 13.9% from the December 31st total of 768,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 308,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days.
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Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 25th. The utilities provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.20. Southwest Gas had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.18% and a net margin of 6.82%.
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Southwest Gas' stock was trading at $61.93 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SWX shares have increased by 4.6% and is now trading at $64.76.
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Southwest Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.595 per share on Tuesday, June 1st. This represents a $2.38 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 14th. This is a boost from Southwest Gas's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57.
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Southwest Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.51%. Southwest Gas has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Southwest Gas is 57.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Southwest Gas will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.21% next year. This indicates that Southwest Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Southwest Gas issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.95-4.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.34.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Southwest Gas' stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect Southwest Gas' share price to reach $71.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price.
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13 employees have rated Southwest Gas CEO John P. Hester on Glassdoor.com. John P. Hester has an approval rating of 68% among Southwest Gas' employees.

Some companies that are related to Southwest Gas include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK) and Northwest Natural (NWN).
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Southwest Gas trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SWX."

Southwest Gas' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.51%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (9.54%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.38%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.78%), Northern Trust Corp (2.64%) and Gabelli Funds LLC (2.08%). Company insiders that own Southwest Gas stock include Eric Debonis, Jane Lewis-Raymond, John P Hester, Jose Luis Esparza Jr, Justin L Brown, Kenneth J Kenny, Paul M Daily, Robert L Boughner and Thomas E Chestnut.
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SWX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Baird Financial Group Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., and Truist Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Gas company stock in the last year include Eric Debonis, Jose Luis Esparza Jr, and Justin L Brown.
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SWX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lazard Asset Management LLC, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Verition Fund Management LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have bought Southwest Gas stock in the last two years include Eric Debonis, Jane Lewis-Raymond, John P Hester, Justin L Brown, Paul M Daily, and Robert L Boughner.
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One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.76.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $3.66 billion and generates $3.12 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $213.94 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.94 on an earnings per share basis.

Southwest Gas employs 8,944 workers across the globe.

The official website for Southwest Gas is www.swgasholdings.com.

Southwest Gas is headquartered at 5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD PO BOX 98510, LAS VEGAS NV, 89193.

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 or via email at [email protected]