Southwest Gas Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 decreased by 2.2% and is now trading at $60.56.
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6 Wall Street research 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. The consensus among Wall Street 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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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.

Southwest Gas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 24th 2021.
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Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.13. The utilities provider had revenue of $791.23 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $222.95 million. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 6.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.18%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.10 EPS.
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Southwest Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.57 per share on Monday, March 1st. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 12th.
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Southwest Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.89%. 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.75-4.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.93.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Southwest Gas' shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate Southwest Gas' stock price to reach $74.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price.
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Southwest Gas saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 534,200 shares, an increase of 26.2% from the December 15th total of 423,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 255,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.39%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.22%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Buckley Wealth Management LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 Reinhart Partners Inc., Strs Ohio, Liberty One Investment Management LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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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Shares of SWX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.56.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $3.42 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 2,295 workers across the globe.

The official website for Southwest Gas is 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 or via email at [email protected]