Atmos Energy Corp vs Southwest Gas Holdings Inc

Atmos Energy Corp (ATO) is slightly overvalued and Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. ATO is the closer of the two: -9%, against -178% for SWX.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Atmos Energy Corp (ATO)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.8% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $143.75; the price of $157.34 is 9% above that value.

Leak Score 37/100 on 10 of 12 signals

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (SWX)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $30.00; the price of $83.49 is 178% above that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricATOSWX
VerdictSlightly overvaluedOvervalued
Price$157.34$83.49
Intrinsic value$143.75$30.00
Margin of safety-9%-178%
Leak Score37/100 (10/12)14/100 (3/12)
Market cap$26.6B$6.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years10.8%-10.1%
Operating margin37.0%28.7%
Net margin28.5%29.8%
Return on equity9.8%6.6%
Debt to equity0.680.85
P/E18.7x11.7x
Forward P/E17.4x16.9x
P/B1.7x1.5x
Dividend yield2.5%3.0%

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