Southwest Gas Holdings (Southwest Gas Holdings) Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) : $-61.63 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Southwest Gas Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)?

As of today (2024-04-27), Southwest Gas Holdings's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Cash Flow model is $-61.63.

Note: Discounted Cash Flow model is only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star). If the company's predictability rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, result may not be accurate due to the low predictability of business and the data will not be stored into our database.

Southwest Gas Holdings's Predictability Rank is 1-Star. Thus, this page is only used for demonstration purposes and the DCF related results in the screener and portfolio will appear as zero.

Margin of Safety (FCF Based) using Discounted Cash Flow model for Southwest Gas Holdings is N/A.

The industry rank for Southwest Gas Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) or its related term are showing as below:

SWX's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) is not ranked ^*
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 0.865
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) only.

Southwest Gas Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Southwest Gas Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Southwest Gas Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Southwest Gas Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Southwest Gas Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Southwest Gas Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Southwest Gas Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Southwest Gas Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) falls into.

Southwest Gas Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Cash Flow model with default parameters. In a discounted cash flow model, the future cash flow is estimated based on a cash flow growth rate and a discount rate. The cash flow of the future is discounted to its current value at the discount rate. All of the discounted future cash flow is added together to get the current intrinsic value of the company.

Usually a two-stage model is used when calculating a stock's intrinsic value using a discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called the growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DCF calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 11%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. GuruFocus uses 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk-free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer. It is updated daily. The current risk-free rate is 4.66%. Please go to Economic Indicators page for more information. Please note that we use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the United States as default. Then we added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = 5%
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share). In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share). If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share).
However, it's important to note that there is a growth rate range. If the calculated growth rate exceeds 20%, it will be capped at 20%. Conversely, if the calculated growth rate falls below 5%, it will be adjusted to 5% to maintain a reasonable range.
=> Southwest Gas Holdings's average Free Cash Flow Growth Rate in the past 5 years was -2.70%, which is less than 5%. GuruFocus defaults => Growth Rate: 5%

3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Years of Terminal Growth: y2 = 10

6. Free Cash Flow per Share: fcf = $-5.340.
However, GuruFocus DCF calculator is actually a Discounted Earnings calculator, the EPS without NRI is used as the default. The reason we are doing this is we found that historically stock prices are more correlated with earnings than free cash flow.

All of the default settings can be changed and the results are calculated automatically.

Southwest Gas Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) for today is calculated as

Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)	=	Free Cash Flow per Share	*	{[(1+g1)/(1+d)	+	(1+g1)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10]
	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10	*	[(1+g2)/(1+d)	+	(1+g2)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g2)^10/(1+d)^10]}

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+0.05)/(1+0.11) = 0.94594594594595
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+0.04)/(1+0.11) = 0.93693693693694

Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)

Free Cash Flow per Share

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Free Cash Flow per Share

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-5.340

11.5406

-61.63

Margin of Safety (FCF Based)	=	(Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)	-	Current Price)	/	Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)
	=	(-61.63	-	75.00)	/	-61.63
	=	N/A

Southwest Gas Holdings (NYSE:SWX) Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book per Share, Graham Number, Median PS Value etc, discounted Cash Flow model evaluates the companies based on their future earnings power instead of their assets.

Be Aware

What you need to know about the DCF model:

1. The DCF model evaluates a company based on its future earnings power
2. Growth is taken into account; therefore a faster growth company is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies that have relatively consistent performance.
4. The DCF model works poorly for inconsistent performers such as cyclicals.
5. What discount rate should you use? Your expected return from the investment is a good discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less predictable businesses.

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Southwest Gas Holdings (Southwest Gas Holdings) Business Description

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Address

8360 South Durango Drive, Post Office Box 98510, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89193-8510

Website

https://www.swgasholdings.com

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc is a utility company primarily engaged in the purchasing, distributing, and transporting of natural gas in the American Southwest. The company segments its activities into natural gas operations and Utility Infrastructure Services units. The first of these encompasses the company's core natural gas business as one of the largest distributors in the states of Arizona and Nevada. The natural gas operations division is responsible for roughly half of Southwest Gas' total revenue through the sale of natural gas to mainly residential and small commercial customers. The Utility Infrastructure Services segment generates the other half of the company's total revenue from the underground piping contractor services that its subsidiary, Centuri Construction Group, provides.

Executives

Paul M Daily	officer: Executive Officer	C/O SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC., 5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD, LAS VEGAS NV 89150
Carl C Icahn	10 percent owner	C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Robert J Stefani	officer: SVP/Chief Financial Officer	8360 S. DURANGO DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Icahn Partners Lp	10 percent owner	16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Icahn Partners Master Fund Lp	10 percent owner	16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Randall P. Gabe	officer: SVP/Chief Administrative OFC	8360 S. DURANGO DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Amy L. Timperley	officer: SVP/Chief Reg. & Fin. Planning	8360 S. DURANGO DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Ruby Sharma	director	24 ARNOLD DRIVE, PRINCETON JCT. NJ 08550
Jose A Cardenas	director	8360 S. DURANGO DR., LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Boyd S. Nelson	officer: VP/Strategy & Inv Relations	8360 S. DURANGO DR., LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Thomas E. Moran	officer: VP/General Counsel/Corp. Sec	SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC., 8360 SOUTH DURANGO DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Julie M. Williams	officer: SVP/Chief Operations Officer	8360 S. DURANGO DR., LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Lori L Colvin	officer: VP/Controller/CAO	8360 S. DURANGO DR., LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Eric Debonis	officer: SVP/Operations	8360 S. DURANGO DR., LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Andrew Teno	director	C/O FIR TREE INC., 55 WEST 46TH STREET, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036