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Southwest Gas Corporation Stock Quote & Summary Data

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$48.85
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0.58
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1.17%
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*Delayed - data as of May 23, 2013 
Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Public Utilities
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1 Year Target: 47
Today's High/Low:  / 
Share Volume:
90 Day Avg. Daily Volume This is the average share volume for the past 50 trading days, for NASDAQ stocks and 90 trading days for Non-NASDAQ stocks. This field allows you to compare today’s trading to the average daily volume. 144,110
Previous Close: $ 49.43
52 Week High /Low: $ 51.52 / $ 39.01
Market cap “Market Capitalization” is a measure of the estimated value of the common equity securities of the company or their equivalent. It does not include securities convertible into the common equity securities. “Market Capitalization” is derived from the last sale price for the displayed class of listed securities and the total number of shares outstanding for both listed and unlisted securities (as applicable). NASDAQ does not use this value to determine compliance with the listing requirements. 2,263,151,719
P/E Ratio: 16.84
Forward P/E(1y) A widely used stock evaluation measure. For a security, the Price/Earnings Ratio is given by dividing the Last Sale Price by the Average EPS (Earnings Per Share) Estimate for the specified fiscal time period. The forward P/E refers to the value for the next full year. 17.04
Earnings Per Share (EPS) The EPS listed on our infoquote and Summary Quote page is "12-mos Rolling". EPS represents the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. Net income (reported or estimated) for a period of time is divided by the total number of shares outstanding (TSO) during that period; See growth rate measures for EPS. Our vendor's methodology for the EPS on the infoquote and Summary Quote pages follows the EPS used by the majority of the analysts following the stock, in many cases this is EBITDA EPS. $ 2.90
Annualized dividend $ 1.32
Ex Dividend Date May 13, 2013
Dividend Payment Date Jun. 3, 2013
Current Yield 2.67 %
Beta 1.11

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Weighting ETF Name (Symbol) 100-Day Price Change (%)
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0.8% SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF (based on S&P SmallCap Value (SLYV) +13.82  (18.05%)
0.8% iShares Small Cap 600/BARRA Value Index Fund (IJS) +14.22  (17.77%)
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 Company Description (as filed with the SEC)

Southwest Gas Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated in March 1931 under the laws of the state of California. The Company is composed of two business segments: natural gas operations (“Southwest” or the “natural gas operations” segment) and construction services. Southwest is engaged in the business of purchasing, distributing, and transporting natural gas for customers in portions of Arizona, Nevada, and California. Southwest is the largest distributor of natural gas in Arizona, selling and transporting natural gas in most of central and southern Arizona, including the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. Southwest is also the largest distributor of natural gas in Nevada, serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area and northern Nevada. In addition, Southwest distributes and transports natural gas for customers in portions of California, including the Lake Tahoe area and the high desert and mountain areas in San Bernardino County. NPL Construction Co.  ... More ...  



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