Company Analysis

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (SWX)

NYSE: SWX · Natural Gas Transmisison & Distribution · Las Vegas, NV · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade5.3
◀ Past 4.1● Present 5.9▶ Future 5.4
1 est.

The grade of Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past4.125% of the headline
● Present5.945% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-01-09.

weight 45% of this tense · 16th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2026-01-09) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 7 of 8.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.4 billion in fiscal 2015 to $5.4 billion in fiscal 2023, up 11% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 7 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.0%top 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 9% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 47% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 3.3% a year. 22% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 3.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 22% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 50% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 62%: owes 62¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 62 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 34% of its family
  • return on equitytop 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 16 in its family; net margin 2.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 16 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2023 ranks in the top 34% by size; a net margin of 2.8% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 18.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 16% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.43Btop 34% of its family
  • net margin2.8%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth18.1%top 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Haller, Karen S (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-10-11, 4.1 years (bottom 43% of its family); most of the 20 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2022-05-23), a floor of 4.4 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 22%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge13 in three years among 20 peoplebottom 22% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.1 yearsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 3.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 36% of 19 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 19 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s room to expand is put at 3.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 36% of 19 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2023: revenue grew 18.1% a year over the last three filed years against 11% over all 9, speeding up (top 9% of its family); the newest year grew 9.6% (top 41%); capital spending grew -2% a year (bottom 38%) (its annual reports). Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.1 points a yeartop 9% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.6%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-2.0%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 46% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2023 came in 10.7% below the $6.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $151 million against a prior three-year average of $77 million (top 26%); a net margin of 2.8% against 2.8% before (top 34%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-10.7%bottom 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+97%top 26% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.0 pointstop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SWX · research, not advice