Analysts await Southwest Gas Corporation (NASDAQ:SWX) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $1.62 EPS, up 5.56% or $0.09 from last year’s $1.53 per share.

At the moment 8 analysts are watching Southwest Gas Corporation (NASDAQ:SWX), 2 rate it “Buy”, 1 “Outperform”, 5 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 3 analysts have a mean sales target of 560.81 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 3 analysts have a mean sales target of 527.41 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 3 analysts have a mean target of 2,546.33 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 5 analysts have a 0.17 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 5 analysts have a -0.00 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 8 estimates of 3.20 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Southwest Gas Corporation include Vanguard Group Inc which owns 4 million shares in the company valued at $193.69 million. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the second biggest holder with 3 million shares currently valued at 165.67 million whilst Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al has 3 million shares valued at 158.24 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 38,106,595 with a reported 2,845,242 bought and 3,255,702 sold. These holdings make up 78.55% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 885,341 shares in the business which makes up 1.87% of shares. The biggest holder currently is George C. Biehl who owns 108,547 shares (0.23% of those outstanding), whilst Jeffrey W. Shaw holds 56,383 (0.12% of shares outstanding) and John P. Hester holds 52,760 (0.11% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 0.28% or $0.19 during the last trading session, hitting $66.92. Southwest Gas Corporation (NASDAQ:SWX) has risen 17.5% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.