SWXSouthwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

$81.85+8.0% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 22 out of 100, Weak
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Weak. Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. scores higher than 20% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on capital.

Utilities median 40 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

34median 13

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. is valued at 19.4x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
19.4x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

6median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 2.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
2.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 3.4%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

41median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 2 cents. New capital earned 44%, and 4.5% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
2%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

0median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 5.2% a year over 5 years: new shares
0
5%
-3%
5.2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 3.6% a year, sales -10%
0
12%
-2%
14%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

0median 62

Today's operating margin of 29% is 2.82x its normal 10%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
2.8x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 29%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

9median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA3.8x a year of EBITDA
17
4.5x
0.5x
3.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
2
1.5x
12x
1.7x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

83median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 3.07x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
3.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 1% of assets
65
8%
0%
-8%
-1%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.