Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) is predicted to post EPS of 1.42 in the upcoming quarter : This Stock is Ticking Every Box for Top Investors

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE: SWX) flaunted slowness of -0.53% at $73.18, before settling in for the price of $73.57 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, SWX posted a 52-week range of $53.79-$76.75.

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The Utilities Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 13.99%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -10.42%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 51.08%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $71.56 million, simultaneously with a float of $71.29 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $5.24 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $69.30, while the 200-day Moving Average is $63.67.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) Ownership Facts and Figures

Sometimes it is also beneficial to study the sentiment of large-scale investors towards the stock of the Southwest Gas Holdings Inc industry. Southwest Gas Holdings Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.48%, in contrast to 92.94% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Dec 27 ’23, this organization’s CEO/Centuri Group, Inc. sold 1,000 shares at the rate of 63.80, making the entire transaction reach 63,797 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 58,377. Preceding that transaction, on Sep 27 ’23, Company’s 10% Owner bought 1,400 for 62.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 86,800. This particular insider is now the holder of 11,022,604 in total.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 7.28 per share during the current fiscal year.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 51.08% and is forecasted to reach 3.77 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 4.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -10.42% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE: SWX) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.74. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.61. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $34.33, and its Beta score is 0.36. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.96.

In the same vein, SWX’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.13, a figure that is expected to reach 1.42 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.77 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX)

Now, what If we examine the latest scores posted by [Southwest Gas Holdings Inc, SWX]. During the last 5-days, its volume was better the volume of 0.47 million it reported in year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 40.65% While, its Average True Range was 1.64.

Raw Stochastic average of Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 81.41%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 36.13% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 16.38% that was lower than 25.67% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.