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Back to Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
How Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. stacks up
SWX · against 85 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
75/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #24 of 86 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score11 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including SWX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 75?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Utilities peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.4% vs peer median 5.2%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 72% of peers. Operating margin: 24.8% vs peer median 18.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 5.2% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SWX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SWX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 86 reported | 5.4% | 5.7% | 45% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 84 reported | 24.8% | 18.8% | 75% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 81 reported | 5.2% | 3.3% | 85% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 81 reported | 6.8% | 8.7% | 28% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 86 reported | 54.0% | 35.0% | 76% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SWX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48.0B BRL (≈$8.6B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 2 | 69.8B CNY (≈$9.8B) | 97 | 68 | |
| 3 | 5.1B USD | 96 | 75 | |
| 3 | 37.0B BRL (≈$6.7B) | 96 | 67 | |
| 5 | 134.5B TRY (≈$4.0B) | 95 | 75 | |
| 22 | 9.1B EUR (≈$10.0B) | 78 | 61 | |
| 23 | 8.54T CLP (≈$9.4B) | 77 | 67 | |
| 24 | 47.0B CNY (≈$6.6B) | 75 | 48 | |
| 24 | 14.9B AUD (≈$9.9B) | 75 | 52 | |
| 24 | 6.7B USD | 75 | 59 | |
| 27 | 25.5B CNY (≈$3.6B) | 74 | 70 | |
| 28 | 606.3B INR (≈$7.3B) | 73 | 48 | |
| 29 | 42.3B CNY (≈$5.9B) | 72 | 48 | |
| 30 | 9.4B NZD (≈$5.6B) | 71 | 69 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score