Southwest Gas Correlations

SWX Stock  USD 72.27  0.78  1.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between Southwest Gas Holdings and NewJersey Resources is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Southwest Gas is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Southwest Gas Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Southwest Gas Holdings and DJI is 0.33 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Southwest Gas Holdings and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Southwest Stock

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  0.93BKH Black HillsPairCorr
  0.84CPK Chesapeake UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.76NJR NewJersey ResourcesPairCorr
  0.86NWN Northwest Natural GasPairCorr
  0.92OGS One GasPairCorr
  0.68OPAL OPAL FuelsPairCorr
  0.88BIPC Brookfield InfrastructurePairCorr
  0.61D Dominion EnergyPairCorr
  0.63FE FirstEnergyPairCorr
  0.65HE Hawaiian ElectricPairCorr
  0.67EVRG Evergy,PairCorr
  0.78WTRG Essential UtilitiesPairCorr

Moving against Southwest Stock

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  0.55NFE New Fortress EnergyPairCorr
  0.72ENIC Enel Chile SAPairCorr
  0.58AGR AvangridPairCorr
  0.39CDZIP Cadiz Depositary SharesPairCorr
  0.35ENLT Enlight Renewable EnergyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Southwest Stock performing well and Southwest Gas Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Southwest Gas' multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.