US stock · Utilities sector · Utilities—Regulated Electric
T
The Southern Company
SO
NYSE68.59
USD
+2.25
(+3.39%)
Market Closed
20.73P/E
17Forward P/E
0.98P/E to S&P500
74.688BMarket CAP
4.07%Div Yield
Upcoming Earnings
26 Apr-1 May
Shares Short
2/28/23
10.21M
Short % of Float
0.94%
Short % of Shares Outs.
0.94%
% Held by Insiders
0.20%
% Held by Institutions
64.19%
Beta
0.48
PEG Ratio
2.84
52w. high/low
80.57/60.71
Avg. Daily Volume
4.28M
Return %
Stock
S&P 500
1 year
(4.08)
(12.11)
3 years
41.00
64.73
5 years
52.16
50.61
Scale: |
High
Low
40.60
29.82
37.62
26.48
38.62
30.85
46.69
35.73
48.59
41.75
48.74
40.03
51.28
40.27
53.16
41.40
54.64
46.00
53.51
46.71
49.43
42.38
64.25
43.26
71.10
41.96
68.88
56.69
80.57
60.71
73.03
61.73
Currency: USD
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Revenue per share
20.31
22.21
19.80
20.95
20.60
19.05
19.26
20.33
19.18
20.09
22.86
22.73
20.34
19.26
21.78
27.60
Earnings per share
2.29
2.26
2.15
2.45
2.65
2.78
1.93
2.24
2.67
2.52
0.87
2.17
4.51
2.96
2.27
3.33
FCF per share
(0.20)
(0.73)
(1.77)
(0.11)
1.61
0.10
0.71
(0.18)
(1.23)
(2.44)
(1.02)
(1.02)
(1.68)
(0.70)
(1.01)
(1.53)
Dividends per share
1.59
1.66
1.80
1.87
1.94
2.03
2.06
2.13
2.21
2.12
2.28
2.35
2.44
2.54
2.62
2.74
CAPEX per share
4.69
5.14
5.87
4.90
5.28
5.54
6.16
6.58
8.11
7.38
7.37
7.74
7.17
7.03
6.82
7.47
Book Value per sh.
17.81
18.62
19.60
20.29
21.34
22.33
22.70
23.21
23.39
25.74
24.31
24.20
26.40
26.71
26.54
28.66
Comm.Shares outs.
756
771
795
833
857
868
887
908
912
990
1,008
1,034
1,053
1,058
1,061
1,061
Avg. annual P/E ratio
15.8
16.0
14.6
14.3
15.2
16.3
22.7
19.8
16.9
19.9
56.9
20.8
12.3
19.5
27.7
21.2
P/E to S&P500
0.9
0.7
0.2
0.7
0.9
1.1
1.3
1.1
0.8
0.9
2.4
0.8
0.5
0.5
0.9
1.0
Avg. annual div. yield
4.4%
4.6%
5.7%
5.4%
4.8%
4.5%
4.7%
4.8%
4.9%
4.2%
4.6%
5.2%
4.4%
4.4%
4.2%
3.9%
Revenue (m)
15,353
17,127
15,743
17,456
17,657
16,537
17,087
18,467
17,489
19,896
23,031
23,495
21,419
20,375
23,113
29,279
Operating margin
21.7%
20.5%
20.8%
21.8%
24.0%
27.0%
19.0%
19.7%
24.5%
23.3%
11.1%
17.8%
36.1%
24.0%
16.0%
19.0%
Depreciation (m)
1,486
1,704
1,788
1,831
2,048
2,145
2,298
2,293
2,395
2,923
3,457
3,549
3,331
3,905
3,973
4,064
Net profit (m)
1,734
1,742
1,708
2,040
2,268
2,415
1,710
2,031
2,435
2,493
880
2,242
4,754
3,134
2,408
3,535
Income tax rate
32.5%
34.4%
34.4%
33.5%
35.0%
35.6%
33.2%
32.5%
32.9%
27.3%
13.3%
16.3%
27.5%
11.2%
10.4%
18.8%
Net profit margin
11.3%
10.2%
10.8%
11.7%
12.8%
14.6%
10.0%
11.0%
13.9%
12.5%
3.8%
9.5%
22.2%
15.4%
10.4%
12.1%
Working capital (m)
(899)
132
289
(589)
(305)
(852)
63
(2,597)
(2,603)
(3,195)
(3,522)
(4,703)
(2,729)
(3,462)
(1,956)
(5,308)
Long-term debt (m)
14,143
16,816
18,131
18,154
18,647
19,274
21,344
20,841
24,688
42,629
44,462
40,736
41,798
45,073
51,623
52,044
Equity (m)
13,465
14,358
15,585
16,909
18,285
19,379
20,139
21,080
21,319
25,485
24,491
25,014
27,796
28,263
28,164
30,408
ROIC
5.8%
5.4%
5.0%
5.4%
5.4%
5.3%
3.8%
4.2%
4.4%
3.6%
2.5%
3.9%
5.9%
4.5%
3.6%
4.5%
Return on capital
7.5%
7.3%
6.7%
7.2%
7.3%
7.3%
5.2%
5.4%
5.8%
4.4%
2.5%
4.0%
7.2%
4.5%
3.7%
4.9%
Return on equity
12.9%
12.1%
11.0%
12.1%
12.4%
12.5%
8.5%
9.6%
11.4%
9.8%
3.6%
9.0%
17.1%
11.1%
8.5%
11.6%
Plowback ratio
30.5%
26.5%
16.0%
23.5%
26.5%
27.2%
(6.9)%
4.8%
17.1%
15.6%
(161.4)%
(8.2)%
45.9%
14.3%
(15.3)%
15.2%
Div.&Repurch./FCF
(444.7)%
(143.2)%
(10.5)%
(830.5)%
68.4%
2,012.4%
181.9%
(699.4)%
(204.6)%
68.5%
(210.6)%
(129.5)%
(97.3)%
(350.5)%
(252.5)%
(86.2)%
Capital Structure
16 Feb · 2023 | Q4
All numbers in millions
Total liabilities
$ 100,359
Total assets
$ 134,891
Long-term debt
$ 52,044
Cash and equiv.
$ 1,917
Goodwill
$ 5,161
Retained earnings
$ 11,538
Common stock
1,062
Enterprise Value
$ 124,815
Working Capital
Currency: USD, in millions
2020
2021
2022
Cash & Investments
1,065
1,798
1,917
Receivables
3,335
2,962
3,716
Inventory
2,488
2,355
2,677
Other
1,729
2,583
2,958
Current assets
8,617
8,965
10,416
Acc. Payable
2,806
2,169
3,525
Debt due
4,116
3,847
7,091
Other
5,157
4,905
5,108
Current liabilities
12,079
10,921
15,724
Annual growth rates
(avg. rate of change)
1 year
5 years
10 years
Revenue
26.68%
6.60%
6.75%
Cash flow
51.35%
26.28%
70.16%
Earnings
46.80%
25.40%
25.86%
Dividends
4.68%
4.64%
5.30%
Book value
7.97%
5.10%
4.89%
Insider Trading
Type
Shares
Date
Davis Martin Bernard
Sale
1,601
03/01/23
Cummiskey Christopher
Sale
1,282
02/16/23
Kuczynski Stephen E
Exempt
3,285
02/15/23
Cummiskey Christopher
Exempt
1,524
02/13/23
Cummiskey Christopher
InKind
715
02/13/23
Quarterly Revenue
Currency: USD, in millions
Year
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
Total
2020
5,018
4,620
5,620
5,117
20,375
2021
5,910
5,198
6,238
5,767
23,113
2022
6,648
7,206
8,378
7,047
29,279
Earnings per share
Currency: USD
Year
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
Total
2020
0.82
0.58
1.19
0.37
2.96
2021
1.07
0.35
1.04
(0.20)
2.27
2022
0.97
1.04
1.39
(0.08)
3.32
Quarterly dividends paid
Currency: USD
Year
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
Total
2020
0.62
0.64
0.64
0.64
2.54
2021
0.64
0.66
0.66
0.66
2.62
2022
0.66
0.68
0.70
0.70
2.74
Company Description
Sector:
Utilities
Industry:
Utilities—Regulated Electric
CEO:
Mr. Thomas A. Fanning
Full-time employees:
27,027
City:
Atlanta
Address:
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W.
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.
Recent News
· 30 Apr, 2022 · The Wall Street Journal