Centuri vs Southwest Gas
CTRI and SWX side by side, both in gas production and distribution. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CTRI and SWX compare
Southwest Gas is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as Centuri ($6.7B against $2.2B).
On earnings, Southwest Gas is cheaper: it trades at 12.3× trailing earnings, against 69.3× for Centuri.
Southwest Gas pays a dividend yielding 2.7%; Centuri does not pay one.
Southwest Gas scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 4 for Centuri), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CTRI | SWX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.2B | $6.7B |
| Share price | $21.49 | $93.08 |
| Change, 1 year | 6.1% | 16.4% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 30.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.98 | 0.41 |
| Employees | 9,687 | 1,753 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 69.3× | 12.3× (better) |
| P/S | 0.6× | – |
| P/B | 2.5× | 1.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.7× | 11.8× (better) |
| FCF yield | −0.70% (better) | −7.8% |
| Fair value | $5.36 | $134.23 |
| Margin of safety | −301% | 30.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 25.2% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | −10.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 228% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 228% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 8.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 7.8% | – |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | – |
| Net margin | 0.85% | – |
| FCF margin | −0.45% | – |
| Return on equity | 4.0% | 14.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% (better) | 4.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.83 (better) | 0.85 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.30 | 3.83 (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.82 (better) | 1.12 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.51 (better) | 0.96 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 33.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −74.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | −0.29% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 93.1% |
| Held by insiders | 25.8% | 10.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $74.9M (better) | −$450K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.9% | 4.4% |
Go deeper
- CTRI stock overview
- CTRI income statement
- CTRI valuation and score
- SWX stock overview
- SWX income statement
- SWX valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.