Southern Co. (SO): Price and Financial Metrics

SO POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where SO ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 75.59% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SO is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• SO ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 14th percentile.

SO Stock Summary

• Southern Co's market capitalization of $76,399,927,859 is ahead of 96.53% of US-listed equities.
• Of note is the ratio of Southern Co's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.5% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, SO is more volatile than only 4.82% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Southern Co are DUK, SRE, D, TRP, and WELL.
• Visit SO's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.southerncompany.com.

SO Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, SO's price/sales ratio is 10.34% higher, now standing at 3.2.
• SO's price/earnings ratio has moved up 9.9 over the prior 243 months.
• SO's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.4 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SO.

SO Growth Metrics

Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 50.34%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 187%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -4.74%.

Over the past 15 months, SO's revenue has gone up $2,941,000,000.

The table below shows SO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	23,113	6,169	2,393
2021-09-30	22,463	6,557	2,995
2021-06-30	21,845	6,753	3,145
2021-03-31	21,267	7,044	3,385
2020-12-31	20,375	6,696	3,119
2020-09-30	20,172	6,120	3,172

SO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SO has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 47.28% of graded US stocks.
• SO's asset turnover comes in at 0.176 -- ranking 73rd of 105 Utilities stocks.
• ATO, ED, and AEP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SO.

The table below shows SO's key quality metrics over time.