Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Gas
  • ISIN: US8448951025
USD
88.48
1.38 (1.58%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. ?

1
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 6.53% of over the last 5 years
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 47.68 times
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At USD 42.27 MM has Fallen at -38.19%
  • NET PROFIT(Q) Lowest at USD -12.88 MM
2
With ROCE of 6.40%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.19 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 6.47%, its profits have risen by 15.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.5
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Gas should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Gas)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
19.68%
0.33
23.33%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-0.52%
EBIT Growth (5y)
3.05%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.35
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
5.38
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.30
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.52
Tax Ratio
17.20%
Dividend Payout Ratio
40.79%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
97.98%
ROCE (avg)
5.83%
ROE (avg)
7.08%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
36
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.58
EV to EBIT
18.71
EV to EBITDA
10.33
EV to Capital Employed
1.33
EV to Sales
2.86
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
2.83%
ROCE (Latest)
7.13%
ROE (Latest)
4.36%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

14What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 138.37 MM has Grown at 173.18%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 697.26

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -32.25% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 1,061.4 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 4.99

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 318.95 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 54.51 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 184.59 MM

-10What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 426.95 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 33.82%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 22.8 times

NET SALES(Q)

At USD 585.12 MM has Fallen at -12.16%

Here's what is working for Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

Net Profit
At USD 138.37 MM has Grown at 173.18%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 50.65 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 697.26
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 184.59 MM has Grown at 114.68%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 85.99 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 318.95 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 54.51 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 184.59 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 1,061.4 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 4.99
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -32.25% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 426.95 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 585.12 MM has Fallen at -12.16%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 666.11 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 22.8 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 33.82%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)