Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) Shares on the Decline: Short-term Analysis

Currently, Southwest Gas Holdings Inc [SWX] is trading at $71.06, down -0.41%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SWX shares have gain 4.35% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.48%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc [NYSE: SWX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 14, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $73. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $65 on November 30, 2022. Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but $100 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 09, 2022. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on March 30, 2022, and upped its price target to $88. In a note dated January 29, 2021, JP Morgan downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $63.

This stock has fluctuated between a low of $64.31 and a high of $80.29 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $89 within the next 12 months. Southwest Gas Holdings Inc [NYSE: SWX] shares were valued at $71.06 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.25% based on the average SWX price forecast.

Analyzing the SWX fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Southwest Gas Holdings Inc [NYSE:SWX] were 4.83B which represents -17.99% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.13% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.01.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Southwest Gas Holdings Inc [NYSE:SWX] is 0.79. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.75, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.22. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.06, the price to book ratio is 1.43 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.79.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Stefani Robert J, SVP/Chief Financial Officer, that happened on Mar 28 ’25 when 2000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Stefani Robert J completed a deal on Mar 28 ’25 to buy 2000.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner ICAHN CARL C sold 2.1 million shares on Mar 24 ’25.

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