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    The Southern Company (SO)

    Price:

    96.91 USD

    ( + 0.56 USD)

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    Symbol
    SO
    Name
    The Southern Company
    Industry
    Regulated Electric
    Sector
    Utilities
    Price
    96.910
    Market Cap
    106.708B
    Enterprise value
    160.361B
    Currency
    USD
    Ceo
    Christopher C. Womack
    Full Time Employees
    28314
    Ipo Date
    1981-12-31
    City
    Atlanta
    Address
    30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W.

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    Market Cap
    1.101B
    Industry
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    FUNDAMENTALS
    P/E
    24.614
    P/S
    3.609
    P/B
    2.967
    Debt/Equity
    1.827
    EV/FCF
    -51.991
    Price to operating cash flow
    -1.000
    Price to free cash flow
    -1.000
    EV/sales
    5.781
    Earnings yield
    0.041
    Debt/assets
    0.423
    FUNDAMENTALS
    Net debt/ebidta
    4.523
    Interest coverage
    2.202
    Research And Developement To Revenue
    0
    Intangile to total assets
    0.035
    Capex to operating cash flow
    1.335
    Capex to revenue
    0.443
    Capex to depreciation
    2.170
    Return on tangible assets
    0.029
    Debt to market cap
    0.617
    Piotroski Score
    5.000
    FUNDAMENTALS
    PEG
    -9.014
    P/CF
    10.842
    P/FCF
    -32.286
    RoA %
    2.788
    RoIC %
    4.373
    Gross Profit Margin %
    43.476
    Quick Ratio
    0.449
    Current Ratio
    0.646
    Net Profit Margin %
    14.689
    Net-Net
    -100.177
    FUNDAMENTALS PER SHARE
    FCF per share
    -2.979
    Revenue per share
    26.792
    Net income per share
    3.936
    Operating cash flow per share
    8.887
    Free cash flow per share
    -2.979
    Cash per share
    1.486
    Book value per share
    35.238
    Tangible book value per share
    30.286
    Shareholders equity per share
    32.653
    Interest debt per share
    62.668
    TECHNICAL
    52 weeks high
    100.840
    52 weeks low
    83.090
    Current trading session High
    97.240
    Current trading session Low
    96.290
    DIVIDEND
    Dividend yield
    3.06%
    Payout ratio
    69.5%
    Years of div. Increase
    26.000
    Years of div.
    45.000
    Q-shift
    3.000
    Dividend per share
    2.960
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Sector
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    Industry
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Industry
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    Dividend yield
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    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
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    Country
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    Sector
    Utilities
    Industry
    Regulated Electric
    Dividend yield
    0.027315203%
    Payout Ratio
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    P/E
    24.611
    DESCRIPTION

    The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates through Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services segments. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, wholesale gas services, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and/or operates 30 hydroelectric generating stations, 24 fossil fuel generating stations, three nuclear generating stations, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration stations, 45 solar facilities, 15 wind facilities, one fuel cell facility, and four battery storage facility; and constructs, operates, and maintains 76,289 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.7 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, the company offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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