SWX Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Chesapeake Utilities has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of 17.04%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21% beat Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.13%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $79.57, signalling upside risk potential of 3.34%. On the other hand Chesapeake Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $136.67 which suggests that it could grow by 12.53%. 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 0.478, which suggesting that the stock is 52.242% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.653, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 34.653%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.22%. Chesapeake Utilities offers a yield of 2.15% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.69 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Chesapeake Utilities pays out 45.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are larger than Chesapeake Utilities quarterly revenues of $298.7M. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M is higher than Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $50.9M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.73x while Chesapeake Utilities's PE ratio is 22.45x. 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 1.15x versus 3.28x for Chesapeake Utilities. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Centuri Holdings has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of -3.26%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21% beat Centuri Holdings's return on equity of 0.08%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $79.57, signalling upside risk potential of 3.34%. On the other hand Centuri Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $21.92 which suggests that it could grow by 4.97%. Given that Centuri Holdings has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe Centuri Holdings is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.478, which suggesting that the stock is 52.242% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Centuri Holdings has a beta of 0.000, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 100%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.22%. Centuri Holdings offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Centuri Holdings pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. Southwest Gas Holdings's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are larger than Centuri Holdings quarterly revenues of $550.1M. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M is higher than Centuri Holdings's net income of -$17.9M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.73x while Centuri Holdings's PE ratio is 1,044.00x. 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 1.15x versus 0.69x for Centuri Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sempra has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of 24.12%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21% beat Sempra's return on equity of 8.15%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $79.57, signalling upside risk potential of 3.34%. On the other hand Sempra has an analysts' consensus of $80.93 which suggests that it could grow by 7.56%. 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 0.478, which suggesting that the stock is 52.242% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sempra has a beta of 0.631, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 36.92%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.22%. Sempra offers a yield of 3.36% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Sempra pays out 53.91% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are smaller than Sempra quarterly revenues of $3.8B. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M is lower than Sempra's net income of $917M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.73x while Sempra's PE ratio is 16.54x. 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 1.15x versus 3.62x for Sempra. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

UGI has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of 17.97%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21% beat UGI's return on equity of 11.35%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $79.57, signalling upside risk potential of 3.34%. On the other hand UGI has an analysts' consensus of $39.75 which suggests that it could grow by 10.57%. 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 0.478, which suggesting that the stock is 52.242% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison UGI has a beta of 1.054, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 5.422%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.22%. UGI offers a yield of 4.17% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. UGI pays out 118.22% of its earnings as a dividend. Southwest Gas Holdings's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but UGI's is not.

Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues are $1.3B, which are smaller than UGI quarterly revenues of $2.7B. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M is lower than UGI's net income of $479M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.73x while UGI's PE ratio is 14.79x. 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 1.15x versus 1.06x for UGI. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.