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) Gross margin

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Southwest Gas Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 86.4%, up 12.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (74.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.9% (fiscal 2024) to 89.6% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of 63.3% and above the Utilities sector median of 58.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 74.4% 48.43
FY2024 25.9% (24.64)
FY2023 50.6% (33.33)
FY2022 83.9% (4.40)
FY2021 88.3% (1.32)
FY2020 89.6% 1.96
FY2019 87.7% 2.21
FY2018 85.4% (0.63)
FY2017 86.1% 2.21
FY2016 83.9% 6.75

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 93.3% 3.98
Jun 2026 89.3% 7.75
Mar 2026 81.5% (4.29)
Dec 2025 85.8% (0.72)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.9% High 89.6%
Ten-year median 83.9%
Current reading's percentile 74

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SWX Southwest Gas Corporation 86.4%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company compare 70.7%
SR Spire Inc. compare 69.2%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare 63.4%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare 58.7%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare 57.2%
UGI UGI Corporation compare 51.3%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation compare 0.00%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare 0.00%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median 63.3%
Utilities sector median 58.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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