Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (SWX) CEO John Hester on Q2 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2019 1:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Ken Kenny - Vice President of Finance & Treasury
John Hester - President & Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Peterson - Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Justin Brown - Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Conference Call Participants

Aga Zmigrodzka - UBS
Chris Ellinghaus - Williams Capital
Ryan Levine - Citi

Operator

Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Southwest Gas Holdings 2019 Mid-Year Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we'll conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call maybe recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Ken Kenny, Vice President of Finance and Treasury. Sir you may begin.

Ken Kenny

Thank you, Valerie. Welcome to the Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. 2019 mid-year conference call. As Valerie stated my name is Ken Kenny and I'm the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer.

Our conference call is being broadcast live over the Internet. For those of you who would like to access the webcast, please visit our website at www.swgasholdings.com and click on the conference call link. We have slides on the Internet which can be accessed to follow our presentation.

Today we have Mr. John P. Hester, Southwest President and Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Gregory J. Peterson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Mr. Justin Brown, Senior Vice President General Counsel; and other members of senior management to provide a brief overview of the company's operation and earnings ended June 30th, 2019 and reaffirm earnings per share guidance for 2019.

Also the company will address those factors that may impact this coming year's earnings. Further, our lawyers