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Profile - Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE:SWX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
5241 Spring Mountain Road
P.O. Box 98510
Las Vegas, NV 89193
Phone: (702) 876-7237
Fax: (702) 876-7037
Employees (last reported count): 4,230
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 ·Sector: Utilities
 ·Industry: Natural Gas Utilities
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 12%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 50.0K shares (1.3% of insider shares)
 · 4 insider sells; 121.0K shares
  (3.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 46% (53% of float)
(221 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 892.0K shares (+5.64%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Southwest Gas Corporation is comprised of two segments, natural gas operations and construction services. Southwest is engaged in the business of purchasing, transporting and distributing natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in geographically diverse portions of Arizona, Nevada and California. The Company sells and transports natural gas in most of southern, central and northwestern Arizona, including the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. Southwest also distributes and transports natural gas in Nevada, serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area and northern Nevada. In addition, Southwest distributes and transports natural gas in portions of California, including the Lake Tahoe area in northern California and the high desert and mountain areas in San Bernardino County.
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Financial Summary
Southwest Gas is comprised of two segments: natural gas operations and construction services. Southwest purchases, transports and distributes natural gas to consumers in portions of AZ, NV, and CA. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 55% to $766.5 million. Net income increased 47% to $22.7 million. Results reflect customer growth and cooler temperatures. Earnings were partially offset by higher construction expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Thomas Hartley, 67
Chairman
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Michael Maffie, 53
Pres, CEO,
$1.3M
George Biehl, 53
CFO, Exec. VP, Sec., Director
538K
James Kane, 54
Exec. VP, Operations
426K
Edward Zub, 52
Exec. VP, Consumer Resources and Energy Services
484K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:SWXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Sep-2000
$18.938
Recent Price$22.52 
52-Week High
on 22-June-2001
$24.67 
Beta0.55 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)64.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)53.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+13.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+52.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$724.5M
Shares Outstanding32.2M
Float28.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.82 
Dividend Yield3.64%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$17.17 
Earnings (ttm)$1.42 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.35 
Sales (ttm)$41.06 
Cash (mrq)$0.21 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.31 
Price/Earnings (ttm)15.84 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.55 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.31B
EBITDA (ttm)$256.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$45.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)11.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.15%
Return on Equity (ttm)8.53%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.61 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.97 
Total Cash (mrq)$6.87M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short381.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
257.0K
Short Ratio6.57 
Daily Volume58.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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