CEO of Southwest Gas Corp. (SWX) Jeffrey W Shaw sells 17,000 shares of SWX on 03/26/2010 at an average price of $30.06 a share.

Southwest Gas Corp. has a market cap of $1.36 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.97 with a P/E ratio of 12.86 and P/S ratio of 0.72. The dividend yield of Southwest Gas Corp. stocks is 3.17%. Southwest Gas Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 2.6% over the past 10 years.

SWX is in the portfolios of Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of SWX over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and charts, go to 10-Year Financials of SWX.

CEO Recent Trades:

• Sell:: CEO Jeffrey W Shaw sold 22,500 shares of SWX stock on 11/24/2009 at the average price of 26.92, the price of the stock has increased by 11.33% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of SWX. For the complete insider trading history of SWX, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell:: President James P Kane sold 34,000 shares of SWX stock on 03/19/2010 at the average price of 30.04, the price of the stock has decreased by 0.23% since.


• Sell:: Sr. VP/Engineering James F Wunderlin sold 2,252 shares of SWX stock on 03/19/2010 at the average price of 30.03, the price of the stock has decreased by 0.2% since.


• Sell:: Director Leroy C Hanneman sold 3 shares of SWX stock on 03/03/2010 at the average price of 29.74, the price of the stock has increased by 0.77% since.


• Sell:: Vice President/Treasurer Kenneth J Kenny sold 1,000 shares of SWX stock on 01/04/2010 at the average price of 28.99, the price of the stock has increased by 3.38% since.


• Sell:: VP/Controller/CAO Roy R Centrella sold 1,000 shares of SWX stock on 12/11/2009 at the average price of 28.57, the price of the stock has increased by 4.9% since.

Why CEOs Are Buying Stocks Of Their Own Companies?

1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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