Southwest Gas Holdings (Southwest Gas Holdings) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) : $32.23 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)

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

As of today (2024-04-28), Southwest Gas Holdings's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend model is $32.23.

Note: Discounted Dividend model is only suitable for companies who have a consistant distribution history. If the company's dividends does not remain steady over a long period, results may not be accurate due to the low consistency. The model is also only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star) with dividend payments. If the company's Predictability Rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, or if the company does not pay dividend, 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 % (DCF Dividends Based) using Discounted Dividend Model for Southwest Gas Holdings is -132.70%.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-DCF (Dividends Based) Ratio of Southwest Gas Holdings was 1.61. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.92.

SWX's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) is not ranked ^*
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 1.16
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) only.

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

The historical data trend for Southwest Gas Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends 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 (Dividends Based) Chart

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

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Southwest Gas Holdings's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (Dividends 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 (Dividends Based) Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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

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

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend Model with default parameters. The calculation method is the same as Discounted Cash Flow model except adjusted dividend are used in the calculation instead of free cash flow. This is the default method of calculation with GuruFocus DCF calculator.

Usually a two-stage model is used in calculating the intrinsic value with discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called 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 DDM 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. Dividend Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = 6.80%
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year Dividend Growth Rate. In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate. If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate.
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 Dividend Growth Rate in the past 10 years was 6.80%, which is between 5% and 20%. => GuruFocus defaults => Growth Rate: 6.80%

3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Dividends per Share: adjusted dividends per share = $2.484.
GuruFocus uses adjusted dividends per share by default to ensure that the valuation reflects the total value of the company, as the actual dividend is only a portion of the total value.

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

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

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)	=	Dividends 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+0.068)/(1+0.11) = 0.96216216216216
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+0.04)/(1+0.11) = 0.93693693693694

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)

Dividends per Share

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2.484

12.9739

32.23

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based)	=	(Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)	-	Current Price)	/	Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)
	=	(32.23	-	75.00)	/	32.23
	=	-132.70 %

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

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

Be Aware

What you need to know about Discounted Dividends model:

1. The Discounted Dividends model evaluates a company based on its future dividends distribution power
2. Dividend growth is taken into account; therefore a company with a higher dividend growth rate 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 with consistently steady dividends distributed.
4. The Discounted Dividends model works poorly for inconsistent dividends distributor like high growth companies.
5. Your expected return from the investment is a reasonable discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less dividends distributed.

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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