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Southern's Investment Plan Supports Expected Surge in Energy Demand
Southern has more growth opportunities than most utilities during the next decade, given growing energy demand in the southeast and the need for energy infrastructure upgrades.
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Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls
Southern has excellent regulatory relationships in most of the states it serves, due in large part to low energy rates and solid operational performance.
Bears
Cost overruns and construction delays at Vogtle and Kemper demonstrated the risk of taking on large infrastructure projects.
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Trading Information
- Previous Close Price
- $96.07
- Day Range
- $95.14–98.34
- 52-Week Range
- $83.80–100.84
- Bid/Ask
- $95.31 / $96.40
- Shares Outstanding
- 1.13B
- Market Cap
- $107.43B
- Volume/Avg
- 5M / 6M
Key Statistics
- Price/Earnings (Normalized)
- 21.69
- Price/Sales
- 3.52
- Dividend Yield (Trailing)
- 3.13%
- Dividend Yield (Forward)
- 3.19%
- Total Yield
- 3.13%
Company Profile
Southern is one of the largest utilities in the US. The company serves 9 million customers with vertically integrated electric utilities in three states and natural gas distribution utilities in four states. It owns 46 gigawatts of rate-regulated generating capacity, primarily for serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Subsidiary Southern Power owns 13 gigawatts of natural gas generation and renewable energy across the US and sells the electricity primarily under long-term contracts.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Stock Style Box
- Large Value
- Total Number of Employees
- 29,800
- Website
- https://www.southerncompany.com
Competitors
Valuation
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 21.69 | 20.66 | 19.26 |
Price/Book Value | 2.89 | 2.22 | 1.82 |
Price/Sales | 3.52 | 3.51 | 2.93 |
Price/Cash Flow | 11.21 | 8.69 | 7.41 |
Price/Earnings
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Financial Strength
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Metric
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D
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DUK
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|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
Current Ratio | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.66 |
Interest Coverage | 2.52 | 2.76 | 2.61 |
Quick Ratio
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Profitability
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Metric
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DUK
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Return on Assets (Normalized) | 2.64% | 2.70% | 2.21% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 11.45% | 11.10% | 8.36% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 6.13% | 6.00% | 5.21% |
Return on Assets
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