Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SWX scored 55.5, CIG scored 66.6 — CIG leads.
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SWX
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas · Quality-Growth
55.5
$84.14 · $6.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
11.1
CIG leads
CIG
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG
Utilities - Regulated Electric · Quality-Growth
66.6
$2.40 · $6.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthCIG+7.4%
Strongest balance sheetCIG0.78
Highest qualityCIG81 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueCIG-19%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
SWX
stronger →← stronger
CIG
55
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
81
42
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
60
74
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
83
CIG is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SWX
CIG
-$528mF
FCF
$518mC+
-21.6%F
Rev
+7.4%B
0.85A-
D/E
0.78A
3.5xC
P/S
—
1.86C+
PEG
0.33A
—
P/E
7.7xA
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
SWX
CIG
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
19% below
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~1%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
+17%
—
5-yr DCF upside
+24%
—
10-yr DCF upside
+35%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SWX
No notable signals flagged.
CIG
Why this score
Durable high returns
Cut its dividend
Foreign reporter (BRL)
The companies
SWXSouthwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas · $84.14 · beta 0.56
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Gas · market cap $6.1b. 11% off the 52-week high of $94.47. Revenue -22% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $100.50 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
Net margin 31% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$528m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Revenue contracting -22% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
CIGCompanhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG
Utilities - Regulated Electric · $2.40 · beta 0.06
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Electric · market cap $6.9b. 13% off the 52-week high of $2.76. PEG 0.33 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $2.05 (implying -14% upside).
Moat
ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Dividend payout 79% of earnings on a 6.2% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where SWX and CIG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 11.1 points in favor of CIG. The widest single difference is Quality, where CIG leads by 25.7 points.
QualitySWX 55.3 · CIG 81.0CIG +25.7
GrowthSWX 41.7 · CIG 60.2CIG +18.5
ValueSWX 74.3 · CIG 83.1CIG +8.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CIG or SWX the better stock?
CIG scores higher: CIG 66.6, SWX 55.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CIG and SWX differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where CIG leads by 26 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. CIG leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are CIG and SWX scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.