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 $78.71, signalling upside risk potential of 11.16%. On the other hand Chesapeake Utilities has an analysts' consensus of $134.86 which suggests that it could grow by 10.66%. Given that Southwest Gas Holdings has higher upside potential than Chesapeake Utilities, analysts believe Southwest Gas Holdings is more attractive than Chesapeake Utilities.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.476, which suggesting that the stock is 52.423% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.706, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 29.449%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.5%. Chesapeake Utilities offers a yield of 2.1% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.64 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 22.74x while Chesapeake Utilities's PE ratio is 22.53x. 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 1.06x versus 3.29x 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 $78.71, signalling upside risk potential of 11.16%. On the other hand Centuri Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $21.42 which suggests that it could grow by 14.9%. 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 0.476, which suggesting that the stock is 52.423% 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 3.5%. 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 22.74x while Centuri Holdings's PE ratio is 932.00x. 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 1.06x versus 0.61x for Centuri Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

New Jersey Resources has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of 22.38%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21% beat New Jersey Resources's return on equity of 18.35%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $78.71, signalling upside risk potential of 11.16%. On the other hand New Jersey Resources has an analysts' consensus of $54.63 which suggests that it could grow by 19.43%. Given that New Jersey Resources has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe New Jersey Resources is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.476, which suggesting that the stock is 52.423% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.660, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 34.007%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.5%. New Jersey Resources offers a yield of 3.87% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. New Jersey Resources pays out 56.96% 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 New Jersey Resources quarterly revenues of $913M. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M is lower than New Jersey Resources's net income of $204.3M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.74x while New Jersey Resources's PE ratio is 11.10x. 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 1.06x versus 2.21x for New Jersey Resources. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Spire has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Southwest Gas Holdings's net margin of 19.91%. Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21% beat Spire's return on equity of 7.51%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a consensus price target of $78.71, signalling upside risk potential of 11.16%. On the other hand Spire has an analysts' consensus of $78.40 which suggests that it could grow by 5.07%. Given that Southwest Gas Holdings has higher upside potential than Spire, analysts believe Southwest Gas Holdings is more attractive than Spire.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.476, which suggesting that the stock is 52.423% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Spire has a beta of 0.647, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.28%.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.5%. Spire offers a yield of 4.13% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share. Southwest Gas Holdings pays 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Spire pays out 72.5% 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 Spire quarterly revenues of $1.1B. Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M is lower than Spire's net income of $209.3M. Notably, Southwest Gas Holdings's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.74x while Spire's PE ratio is 18.38x. 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 1.06x versus 1.78x for Spire. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.