SWX Southwest Gas Corpdata gap · 84% coverage
Utilities · Gas Utilities · close $87.45 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-03-31
Southwest Gas Corp (SWX) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 59/100 (grade C), ranking #36 of 45 in Utilities. Its strongest pillars are profitability (84) and valuation (65); its weakest is cash flow (43). Data gap: 3 factors without usable data, so 84% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is -37.4% and operating margin 27.0%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: Consensus score (1–5), 90-day net rating shift, 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 84% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · no data · —| Consensus score (1–5) (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
| 90-day net rating shift (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
Growth
weight 30.83% (→33.3%) · 46| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | -37.4% | 0 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | 226.8% | 100 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.7%) | -8.5% | 28 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 84| Operating margin (20.0%) | 27.0% | 84 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 64| Net debt / EBITDA (10.7%) | 4.00× | 72 |
| Current ratio (5.3%) | 1.12 | 80 |
| Interest coverage (4.0%) | 2.00× | 21 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 43| FCF margin (6.7%) | -13.0% | 41 |
| FCF yield (6.7%) | -4.0% | 45 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 65| P/E (inverted) (6.7%) | 11.58× | 90 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.7%) | 5.38× | 40 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 61.8 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 85.24 / 84.85 · crossed up 2d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 87.76 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.84× |
| 20-day return | 1.1% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- EXITFundamental miss: revenue growth negative YoY
- EXITBalance-sheet stress: negative free cash flow (latest FY)
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RegulatedAndUnregulatedOperatingRevenue · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestPaidNet · D&A: DepreciationAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is SWX's House Rating?
- SWX scores 59 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #36 of 45 Utilities stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about SWX?
- We do not have enough analyst-sentiment data to score this stock.
- When does SWX report earnings next?
- SWX's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-11-04 (window 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-10), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is SWX a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology