Southwest Gas Corporation

SWX Utilities Utilities Regulated Gas

Revenue
−5.91%
EPS
−95.3%
Free cash flow
−30.1%
Total debt
+0.70%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

90.42 1.91 −2.07%
Market cap
$6.6B
P/E
22.1×
Fwd P/E
21.4×
Dividend yield
2.80%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.04
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
45/100

Southwest Gas Corporation (SWX) Free cash flow margin

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Southwest Gas Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −33.3%, down 20.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−12.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.4% (fiscal 2021) to 10.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of −11.1% and below the Utilities sector median of −9.94%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −12.7% (23.08)
FY2024 10.4% 20.51
FY2023 −10.1% (1.02)
FY2022 −9.11% 7.31
FY2021 −16.4% (10.39)
FY2020 −6.03% 8.00
FY2019 −14.0% (5.80)
FY2018 −8.23% 1.72
FY2017 −9.95% (12.83)
FY2016 2.88% 0.28

Against its own ten years

Low −16.4% High 10.4%
Ten-year median −9.11%
Current reading's percentile 27

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
UGI UGI Corporation compare 5.51%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare −6.86%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare −7.00%
SR Spire Inc. compare −8.77%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare −13.5%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation compare −19.5%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare −21.1%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company compare −22.3%
SWX Southwest Gas Corporation −33.3%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median −11.1%
Utilities sector median −9.94%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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