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) Operating margin

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Southwest Gas Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 28.9%, up 4.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (24.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.49% (fiscal 2022) to 24.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of 22.8% and above the Utilities sector median of 18.7%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 24.4% 16.47
FY2024 7.95% (3.61)
FY2023 11.6% 12.05
FY2022 −0.49% (10.53)
FY2021 10.0% (2.78)
FY2020 12.8% 0.90
FY2019 11.9% (0.49)
FY2018 12.4% (1.05)
FY2017 13.5% 0.64
FY2016 12.8% 1.12

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.9% (11.62)
Jun 2026 23.5% (13.95)
Mar 2026 37.5% 4.49
Dec 2025 33.0% 21.32
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −0.49% High 24.4%
Ten-year median 11.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SWX Southwest Gas Corporation 28.9%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation compare 27.2%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare 24.8%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare 24.3%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company compare 22.9%
SR Spire Inc. compare 22.7%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare 21.1%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare 17.0%
UGI UGI Corporation compare 16.2%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median 22.8%
Utilities sector median 18.7%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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