Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (SWX): Price and Financial Metrics

SWX POWR Grades

• SWX scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 66.4% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SWX is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 163 days.
• SWX ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 22nd percentile.

SWX Stock Summary

• SWX's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 928.59 -- higher than 96.98% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of Southwest Gas Holdings Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.43% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of Southwest Gas Holdings Inc's share price is greater than that of merely 2.56% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Southwest Gas Holdings Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be ALE, PNW, HEP, AHH, and PEB.
• Visit SWX's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.swgasholdings.com.

SWX Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, SWX's price/sales ratio is 42.86% lower, now standing at 1.2.
• Over the past 243 months, SWX's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.7.
• Over the past 243 months, SWX's price/earnings ratio has gone up 0.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SWX.

SWX Growth Metrics

Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 0.26%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at -2.69%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 59.58%.

SWX's revenue has moved up $343,170,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows SWX's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	3,510.104	189.783	234.38
2021-06-30	3,412.634	252.297	264.229
2021-03-31	3,348.46	302.057	277.075
2020-12-31	3,298.873	626.08	232.324
2020-09-30	3,232.93	609.704	220.498
2020-06-30	3,166.934	597.096	207.578

SWX's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SWX has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 45.71% of graded US stocks.
• SWX's asset turnover comes in at 0.389 -- ranking 17th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• ATO, SJW, and SO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SWX.

The table below shows SWX's key quality metrics over time.