Southwest Gas Holdings

Profitability for 1 year: +23.25%
Dividend yield: 3.13%
Sector: Utilities

Company Analysis Southwest Gas Holdings

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Dividends (3.13%) are higher than the sector average (2.88%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (23.25%) is higher than the sector average (-5.55%).

Disadvantages

  • Price (87.51 $) is higher than fair price (34.96 $)
  • Current debt level 42.07% has increased over 5 years from 32.95%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=5.84%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=12.35%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Southwest Gas Holdings Utilities Index
7 days 5.1% 7.6% -2%
90 days 9.6% -18.4% 2%
1 year 23.3% -5.5% 11.9%

SWX vs Sector: Southwest Gas Holdings has outperformed the "Utilities" sector by 28.8% over the past year.

SWX vs Market: Southwest Gas Holdings has outperformed the market by 11.4% 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 0.45% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 25.44
P/S: 0.99

3.2. Revenue

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

5. Fundamental Analysis

5.1. 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 (87.51 $) is higher than the fair price (34.96 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (87.51 $) is 60.1% higher than the fair price.

5.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (25.44) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (18.85).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (25.44) is lower than that of the market as a whole (72.6).

5.2.1 P/E Similar companies

5.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.37) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.48).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.37) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.49).

5.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

5.5. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (0.99) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.65).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (0.99) is lower than that of the market as a whole (30.53).

5.5.1 P/S Similar companies

5.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (9.99) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (12.5).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (9.99) is lower than that of the market as a whole (36.3).

6. Profitability

6.1. Profitability and revenue

6.2. Earnings per share - EPS

6.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -0.2% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-0.2%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (5069.86%).

6.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (5.84%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (12.35%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (5.84%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (50.26%).

6.6. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (1.66%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.3%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (1.66%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (11.27%).

6.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (3.78%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.71%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (3.78%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (45.27%).

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7. Finance

7.1. Assets and debt

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

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 32.95% to 42.07%.

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

7.2. Profit growth and share price

8. Dividends

8.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 3.13% is higher than the average for the sector '2.88%.

8.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 3.13% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=1.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 3.13% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

8.3. Payout percentage

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

9. Insider trades

9.1. Insider trading

Insider Selling More insider purchases by 100% over the last 3 months.

9.2. Latest transactions

Transaction date Insider Type Price Volume Quantity
09.01.2026 Brown Justin L
President/Southwest Gas Corp.
Sale 81.08 24 551 3 028
10.09.2025 Sandoval Brian E
Director
Purchase 78.57 1 886 24
05.09.2025 Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
10% Owner
Sale 19.6 536 299 000 27 362 210
19.11.2024 Icahn Partners LP
Stockholder
Purchase 76.74 106 669 000 1 390 000
02.06.2023 ICAHN CARL C
10% Owner
Purchase 57.99 28 241 487