SWX Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Chesapeake Utilities has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of 10.93%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 5.13% beat Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 8.89%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $76.67, signalling upside risk potential of 6.08%. On the other hand Chesapeake Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $135.13 which suggests that it could grow by 9.12%. Given that Chesapeake Utilities has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe Chesapeake Utilities is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.435, which suggesting that the stock is 56.548% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.648, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.231%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. Chesapeake Utilities offers a yield of 2.03% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 115.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Chesapeake Utilities pays out 45.88% of its earnings as a dividend. Chesapeake Utilities's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Southwest Gas Holdings's is not.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are larger than Chesapeake Utilities quarterly revenues of $160.1M. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $289K is lower than Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $17.5M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 28.98x while Chesapeake Utilities's PE ratio is 25.12x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southwest Gas Holdings is 1.00x versus 3.57x for Chesapeake Utilities. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Northwest Natural Holding has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of -19.84%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 5.13% beat Northwest Natural Holding's return on equity of 5.99%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $76.67, signalling upside risk potential of 6.08%. On the other hand Northwest Natural Holding has an analysts' consensus of $45.33 which suggests that it could grow by 12.18%. Given that Northwest Natural Holding has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe Northwest Natural Holding is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.435, which suggesting that the stock is 56.548% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Northwest Natural Holding has a beta of 0.618, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 38.197%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. Northwest Natural Holding offers a yield of 4.83% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.49 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 115.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Northwest Natural Holding pays out 71.74% of its earnings as a dividend. Northwest Natural Holding's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Southwest Gas Holdings's is not.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are larger than Northwest Natural Holding quarterly revenues of $136.9M. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $289K is higher than Northwest Natural Holding's net income of -$27.2M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 28.98x while Northwest Natural Holding's PE ratio is 19.28x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southwest Gas Holdings is 1.00x versus 1.35x for Northwest Natural Holding. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sempra has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of 23.38%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 5.13% beat Sempra's return on equity of 8.49%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $76.67, signalling upside risk potential of 6.08%. On the other hand Sempra has an analysts' consensus of $94.18 which suggests that it could grow by 10.57%. Given that Sempra has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe Sempra is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.435, which suggesting that the stock is 56.548% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sempra has a beta of 0.782, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 21.772%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. Sempra offers a yield of 2.91% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 115.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Sempra pays out 49.66% of its earnings as a dividend. Sempra's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Southwest Gas Holdings's is not.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are smaller than Sempra quarterly revenues of $2.8B. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $289K is lower than Sempra's net income of $649M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 28.98x while Sempra's PE ratio is 18.76x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southwest Gas Holdings is 1.00x versus 4.19x for Sempra. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

UGI has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of -21.98%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 5.13% beat UGI's return on equity of 5.93%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $76.67, signalling upside risk potential of 6.08%. On the other hand UGI has an analysts' consensus of $33.50 which suggests that it could grow by 11.33%. Given that UGI has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe UGI is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.435, which suggesting that the stock is 56.548% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison UGI has a beta of 1.214, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 21.357%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. UGI offers a yield of 4.99% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 115.7% of its earnings as a dividend. UGI pays out 118.22% of its earnings as a dividend. Neither of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.1B, which are smaller than UGI quarterly revenues of $1.2B. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $289K is higher than UGI's net income of -$273M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 28.98x while UGI's PE ratio is 24.27x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southwest Gas Holdings is 1.00x versus 0.89x for UGI. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.