Here's What You May Have Missed About Southern Company(SO)

By Chris Stiles • Monday, December 18 17:33 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Southern Company, a Utilities—Independent Power Producers company whose shares moved 0.8% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Southern Company has moved 2.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 23.6%
SO has an average analyst rating of buy and is -2.98% away from its mean target price of $73.61 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.74
Southern Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.03 and its forward P/E ratio is 17.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.48 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Southern Company is part of the Utilities sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 17.53 and an average P/B of 1.71
SO has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -4.4% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $-3124499968, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates through three segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, and Gas Marketing Services. 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, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it constructs, operates, and maintains 77,591 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. It serves approximately 8.8 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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