Is SWX a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how SWX compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to SWX based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes SWX a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

SWX - Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

D 35.6 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

C- 49.6

5yr Avg ROIC 3.6% 28/100
Operating Margin Trend +3.87 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

F 19.4

5yr Avg ROE 4.0% 30/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 5.1% 0/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

D+ 43.2

5yr Revenue CAGR -14.8% 0/100
5yr EPS CAGR 15.7% 89/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

F 0.0

5yr FCF Margin -7.4% 0/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion -0.98x 0/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

D 35.9

Net Debt / EBITDA 3.39x 42/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 2.63x 39/100
Altman Z-Score 1.24 21/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

C+ 60.8

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.30 57/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

2 of 2 gurus held; 2 new buys; 1 full exit.

Holders: 2 +1
Avg Δ position: —
New buys: 2
Full exits: 1

Icahn sold -100%
Cooperman new
Wood new

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (20%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (15%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (20%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (15%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.