Southwest Gas Holdings

NYSE
SWX
Stock
Yield per half year: -4.35%
Dividend yield: 3.38%
Sector: Utilities

Company Analysis Southwest Gas Holdings

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Dividends (3.38%) are higher than the sector average (3.11%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (-0.2747%) is higher than the sector average (-40.71%).

Disadvantages

  • Price (72.61 $) is higher than fair price (29.39 $)
  • Current debt level 42.07% has increased over 5 years from 32.68%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=5.84%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=13.84%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Southwest Gas Holdings Utilities Index
7 days 2.1% 0.2% 0.5%
90 days 3.5% -46.1% 16.1%
1 year -0.3% -40.7% 10.6%

SWX vs Sector: Southwest Gas Holdings has outperformed the "Utilities" sector by 40.44% over the past year.

SWX vs Market: Southwest Gas Holdings has significantly underperformed the market by -10.92% over the past year.

Stable price: SWX is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: SWX with weekly volatility of -0.0053% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 25.44
P/S: 0.9895

3.2. Revenue

EPS 2.76
ROE 5.84%
ROA 1.66%
ROIC 3.78%
Ebitda margin 19.11%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (72.61 $) is higher than the fair price (29.39 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (72.61 $) is 59.5% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (25.44) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (26.79).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (25.44) is lower than that of the market as a whole (61.8).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.37) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.43).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.37) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.58).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (0.9895) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.7).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (0.9895) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.97).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (9.99) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (11.75).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (9.99) is lower than that of the market as a whole (18.72).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -2.88% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-2.88%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-3.71%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (5.84%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (13.84%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (5.84%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (42.63%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (1.66%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.44%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (1.66%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.26%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (3.78%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.26%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (3.78%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.17%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (42.07%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 32.68% to 42.07%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 2544.25%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 3.38% is higher than the average for the sector '3.11%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 3.38% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=1.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 3.38% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (89.41%) are at a comfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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