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

Southwest Gas' stock was trading at $61.93 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SWX stock has increased by 15.7% and is now trading at $71.68. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southwest Gas in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Southwest Gas.

Southwest Gas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Southwest Gas.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE:SWX) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The utilities provider reported $1.67 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.22. The utilities provider earned $848.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $824.83 million. Southwest Gas had a net margin of 6.86% and a return on equity of 8.83%. View Southwest Gas' earnings history.

Southwest Gas declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.57 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. This is a positive change from Southwest Gas's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View Southwest Gas' dividend history.

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 EPS estimate of $4.01.

5 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Southwest Gas' shares. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $96.00. On average, they anticipate Southwest Gas' stock price to reach $83.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Southwest Gas.

News headlines about SWX stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southwest Gas earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutSouthwest Gas.

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Macquarie Group Ltd. (5.24%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.69%), State Street Corp (3.20%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.02%) and FMR LLC (1.60%). Company insiders that own Southwest Gas stock include Eric Debonis, Jane Lewis-Raymond, 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., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Moody Aldrich Partners LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Southwest Gas company stock in the last year include Eric Debonis, John P Hester, and Kenneth J Kenny. View insider buying and selling activity for Southwest Gas.

SWX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Norges Bank, Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., and Bank of Montreal Can. 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, Robert L Boughner, and Thomas A Thomas. View insider buying and selling activity for Southwest Gas.

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One share of SWX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.68.

Southwest Gas has a market capitalization of $3.95 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. 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.