Southern Co. (SO)

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$ 45.69
   
  • Change Today:
    $0.09
  • 52 Week High: $46.59
  • 52 Week Low: $38.03
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 868.69m
  • Volume: 2,122,975
  • Market Cap: $39,690m
  • RiskGrade: 44
  • Beta: 0.31

Southern Co. Overview

The Southern Company, as a holding company for a number of operating public utilities, is one of the largest producers of electricity in the United States, with more than 4m customers and nearly 39,000 megawatts of generating capacity. The Atlanta-based company owns electric utilities across the southern states, a generation company, an energy services business and a retail natural gas business. The group also operates fibre-optics and wireless communications businesses. Additionally, Southern Company owns Southern Power, the primary growth engine for Southern's competitive wholesale market-based energy business.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.1%
Div Cover 1.4
Op Mrgn 24.0%
ROCE 8.7%
Latest F'cast
P/E 17.8
PEG 2.1
Pr/Revenue 2.2
Pr/Book 2.1
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.2%
PBT 13.7%
EPS 8.4%
DPS 3.9%

Southern Co. Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 15,353.00 2,569.00 229.00¢ 16.9 2.1 +8% 159.50¢ 4.1%
31-Dec-08 17,127.00 2,722.00 226.00¢ 16.4 n/a -1% 166.25¢ 4.5%
31-Dec-09 15,743.00 2,604.00 207.00¢ 16.1 n/a -8% 173.25¢ 5.2%
31-Dec-10 17,456.00 3,066.00 237.00¢ 16.1 1.2 +14% 180.25¢ 4.7%
31-Dec-11 17,657.00 3,487.00 257.00¢ 18.0 2.3 +8% 187.25¢ 4.0%

Southern Co. Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 18,365.31 3,568.68 264.64¢ 17.3 5.8 +3% 194.58¢ 4.3%
31-Dec-13 19,188.20 3,843.75 281.32¢ 16.2 2.6 +6% 201.46¢ 4.4%

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Southern Co. ShareCast News

US broker round-up 26-Jan-2012 ShareCast
US broker round-up 13-Dec-2011 ShareCast

Southern Co. Top Newspaper Links

Southern Workers Say Documents Show Bias 03-Apr-2001 LA Times
Major Utility Chief Set to Resign Post 20-Feb-2001 New York Times
Southern's 4th-Quarter Profit Rises 3.5% 20-Jan-2001 LA Times

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Southern Co. Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 45.69
Change Today $ 0.09
% Change 0.20 %
52 Week High $46.59
52 Week Low $38.03
Volume 2,122,975
Shares Issued 868.69m
Market Cap $39,690m
Beta 0.31
RiskGrade 44

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 13
Sell 1
Strong Sell 2
Total 21
neutral
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Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:15 113,323 @ $45.69
16:15 3,341 @ $45.68
16:15 400 @ $45.68
16:15 100 @ $45.68
16:14 100 @ $45.68

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