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Southwest Gas (SWX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$94.18 +1.10 (+1.18%)
As of 11:04 AM Eastern
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About Southwest Gas Stock (NYSE:SWX)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$93.35
▼
$94.31
50-Day Range
$81.23
▼
$93.69
52-Week Range
$78.37
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$94.46
Volume
69,088 shs
Average Volume
598,911 shs
Market Capitalization
$6.83 billion
P/E Ratio
22.96
Dividend Yield
2.74%
Price Target
$101.25
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Southwest Gas provides regulated natural gas distribution service to homes and businesses in the southwestern United States. Its utility operations include delivering natural gas through local pipeline networks and maintaining the infrastructure needed to serve customers.

The company serves customers in Arizona and Nevada, as well as parts of California. Its service area includes major metropolitan regions and smaller communities across these states.

Southwest Gas traces its history to 1931 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to its utility business, the company has been associated with infrastructure services through Centuri, which provides construction and maintenance services for energy and other utility networks.

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Southwest Gas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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95th Percentile Overall Score

SWX MarketRank™: 
4.7661163522 of 5 stars

Southwest Gas scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 8th out of 97 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Southwest Gas has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.13, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside/Downside

    The consensus price target for Southwest Gas is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Southwest Gas has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Southwest Gas' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Southwest Gas are expected to grow by 16.86% in the coming year, from $4.27 to $4.99 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Southwest Gas is 22.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.43.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Southwest Gas is 22.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 35.15.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Southwest Gas has a PEG Ratio of 1.95. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Southwest Gas has a P/B Ratio of 1.66. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.76% of the float of Southwest Gas has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Southwest Gas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.67, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Southwest Gas has recently decreased by 7.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Southwest Gas pays a meaningful dividend of 2.78%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Southwest Gas does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Southwest Gas is 62.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Southwest Gas will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.70% next year. This indicates that Southwest Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Southwest Gas' dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Southwest Gas has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Southwest Gas this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 1 people have searched for SWX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Southwest Gas insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $204,525.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.63% of the stock of Southwest Gas is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    92.77% of the stock of Southwest Gas is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Southwest Gas' insider trading history.
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SWX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Southwest Gas' stock was trading at $80.05 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, SWX shares have increased by 17.7% and is now trading at $94.2170.

Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE:SWX) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.06. The company's revenue was down 5.9% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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Southwest Gas subsidiaries include these companies: and Utility Financial Corp., Canyon Pipeline Construction Inc., Canyon Special Projects LLC, Canyon Traffic Control LLC, Carson Water Company, Centuri Canada Division Inc., Centuri Group Inc., and more.

Top institutional shareholders of Southwest Gas include State Street Corp (4.05%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.32%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.06%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.64%). Insiders that own company stock include Paul M Daily, Robert J Stefani, Julie M Williams, Justin L Brown and Brian E Sandoval.
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Shares of SWX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Southwest Gas investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), NVIDIA (NVDA), AT&T (T), Chevron (CVX), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

Record date for 9/1 Dividend
8/17/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend
8/17/2026
Dividend Payable
9/01/2026
Last Earnings
11/04/2026
Today
11/13/2026
Record date for 12/1 Dividend
11/16/2026
Ex-Dividend for 12/1 Dividend
11/16/2026
Dividend Payable
12/01/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Gas Utilities
Sub-Industry
Gas Utilities
Current Symbol
NYSE:SWX
CIK
1692115
Employees
2,453
Year Founded
1931

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$107.00
Low Price Target
$92.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+7.5%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.13
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$4.10
Trailing P/E Ratio
22.98
Forward P/E Ratio
18.88
P/E Growth
1.95
Net Income
$439.83 million
Net Margins
17.23%
Pretax Margin
21.72%
Return on Equity
6.98%
Return on Assets
2.72%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.85
Current Ratio
0.89
Quick Ratio
0.76

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.94 billion
Price / Sales
3.52
Cash Flow
$8.38 per share
Price / Cash Flow
11.25
Book Value
$56.60 per share
Price / Book
1.66

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
72,480,000
Free Float
72,021,000
Market Cap
$6.83 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.55

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This page (NYSE:SWX) was last updated on 11/13/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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