Southwest Gas Holdings' (SWX) CEO John Hester on Q2 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call August 6, 2021 1:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Ken Kenny – Vice President of Finance and Treasury
John Hester – President and Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Peterson – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Justin Brown – Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Southwest Gas Corporation

Conference Call Participants

Richard Sunderland – JPMorgan
Chris Ellinghaus – Siebert Williams Shank

Operator

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Southwest Gas Holdings 2021 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.

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

Ken Kenny

Thank you, Krystal, and thank you everyone for joining us, and welcome to Southwest Gas Holdings Inc.'s 2021 second quarter earnings conference call. As Krystal stated, my name is Ken Kenny, and I'm the Vice President, 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 accompany our discussion. Today, we have Mr. John P. Hester, President and Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Gregory J. Peterson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Justin L. Brown, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Southwest Gas Corporation, and other members of senior management to provide a brief overview of the Company's operation and earnings ended June 30, 2021, and an affirmation of our earnings per share guidance for 2021. Also the Company will address certain factors that may impact this coming year's earnings.