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Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Southwest Gas Holdings Inc

SWX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Southwest Gas Holdings runs a regulated natural-gas utility that buys, distributes and transports gas to homes, businesses and industry across Arizona, Nevada and California. Its subsidiary also owns a pipeline transmission system and a liquefied-natural-gas storage facility used to manage peak demand. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas and traces its founding back to 1931.
Where it sits in the stack
Southwest Gas sits outside our AI-stack indices; it belongs to the Utilities sector, in the regulated-gas industry group we track alongside other local distribution companies. It has no seat in Rubin or Halo and is not a customer or constraint within either build-out.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group set for it in our system; the natural comparison is with other regulated gas distributors in the western United States, such as New Jersey Resources or Atmos Energy as the larger name the market often cites.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is not a constituent of any Closelook index and does not yet carry a Closelook score, so neither module strength nor weakness can be reported. It has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
Whether customer growth across its three service states keeps pace with regulatory approvals for rate recovery on its pipeline and storage investment.

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Utilities.

The Closelook company score reads 33/100 composite (momentum 43, quality 41, valuation 38) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SWX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Gas · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Gas

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against SWX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.03%, quarterly · buybacks 20 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What SWX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.53 USD per share · a 3.03% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-22
  • Change on the year +36.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.86 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.65 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-17
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.48 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.91 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-18
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 179 m USD 67% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 20 m USD 0.3% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.4% in FY2025 13 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 198 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Utilities in US: −1.2% week · −4.5% month · −9.4% quarter · −11.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLU.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX)?

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc trades as SWX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Utilities in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is SWX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Southwest Gas Holdings Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Southwest Gas Holdings Inc's Closelook composite score?

33 out of 100, with momentum 43, quality 41 and valuation 38 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SWX trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6.9% vs the 50-day and -3.5% vs the 200-day average, 11% below the 52-week high and +12% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Southwest Gas Holdings Inc do?

Southwest Gas Holdings runs a regulated natural-gas utility that buys, distributes and transports gas to homes, businesses and industry across Arizona, Nevada and California. Its subsidiary also owns a pipeline transmission system and a liquefied-natural-gas storage facility used to manage peak demand. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas and traces its founding back to 1931. There is no peer group set for it in our system; the natural comparison is with other regulated gas distributors in the western United States, such as New Jersey Resources or Atmos Energy as the larger name the market often cites.

Where does Southwest Gas Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Southwest Gas sits outside our AI-stack indices; it belongs to the Utilities sector, in the regulated-gas industry group we track alongside other local distribution companies. It has no seat in Rubin or Halo and is not a customer or constraint within either build-out. It is not a constituent of any Closelook index and does not yet carry a Closelook score, so neither module strength nor weakness can be reported. It has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes.

Does Southwest Gas Holdings Inc pay a dividend?

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc has paid 2.53 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.03% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.65 USD on 2026-08-17. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 179 m USD in dividends and bought back 20 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 0.4% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SWX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Regulated Gas, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.