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851. Southwest Gas
Get Quote: SWX
Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 851 (Previous rank: 853)
Compare tool: Southwest Gas vs. Top 10
CEO: Jeffrey W. Shaw
Address: 5241 Spring Mtn. Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89193
Phone: 702-876-7237
Website: www.swgas.com
Revenues 2,152.1 6.3
Profits 83.2 -0.7
Assets 3,670.2 —
Stockholders' equity 983.7 —
Market value (3/28/2008) 1,178.1 —
Revenues 3.9
Assets 2.3
Stockholders' equity 8.5
2007 $ 1.95
% change from 2006 -4.9
1997-2007 annual growth rate % 12.3
2007 -20.4
1997-2007 annual rate 8.3
1 Exelon 131 18,925.0
2 Dominion Resources 161 15,790.0
3 Southern 166 15,353.0
4 FPL Group 168 15,263.0
5 AES 183 13,896.0
6 Consolidated Edison 195 13,388.0
7 Public Service Enterprise Group 198 13,336.0
8 PG&E Corp. 200 13,237.0
9 Duke Energy 204 13,134.0
10 Edison International 205 13,113.0
11 FirstEnergy 209 12,802.0
12 Entergy 231 11,484.4
13 Sempra Energy 232 11,448.0
14 Progress Energy 248 10,714.0
15 Xcel Energy 260 10,034.2
16 CenterPoint Energy 271 9,623.0
17 DTE Energy 273 9,575.0
18 Pepco Holdings 279 9,366.4
19 NiSource 319 7,941.5
20 Ameren 329 7,546.0
21 PPL 346 7,245.0
22 CMS Energy 366 6,699.0
23 Atmos Energy 416 5,898.4
24 Northeast Utilities 419 5,823.5
25 Energy East 463 5,178.1
26 Scana 500 4,621.0
27 Wisconsin Energy 534 4,237.8
28 Sierra Pacific Resources 592 3,601.0
29 TECO Energy 596 3,536.1
30 Pinnacle West Capital 597 3,527.6
31 Alliant Energy 607 3,437.6
32 Allegheny Energy 623 3,307.0
33 Great Plains Energy 628 3,267.1
34 NSTAR 631 3,261.8
35 Puget Energy 638 3,220.1
36 Nicor 646 3,176.3
37 WGL Holdings 742 2,646.0
38 Southern Union 750 2,616.7
39 Hawaiian Electric Industries 764 2,536.4
40 AGL Resources 776 2,494.0
41 PNM Resources 788 2,422.6
42 Vectren 819 2,281.9
43 Southwest Gas 851 2,152.1
44 National Fuel Gas 871 2,090.1
45 Laclede Group 892 2,021.6
46 Portland General Electric 962 1,743.0
47 Westar Energy 969 1,726.8
48 Piedmont Natural Gas 972 1,711.3
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