Southern Company (The) (SO): Price and Financial Metrics

SO POWR Grades

• SO scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 76.05% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SO is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 48 weeks.
• SO's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 17.64% of US stocks).

SO Stock Summary

• SO has a higher market value than 96.18% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $67,351,910,029.
• Of note is the ratio of Southern Co's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.42% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of Southern Co's share price is greater than that of only 2.36% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Southern Co are DUK, D, SRE, TRP, and AEP.
• SO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Southern Co's official 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

• The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -4.58%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -3.94%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 50.34%.

SO's revenue has moved up $3.907e+09 over the prior 70 months.

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
2021-06-30	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
2020-06-30	20,547	6,115	3,237
2020-03-31	21,025	5,931	3,524

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 46.37% of graded US stocks.
• SO's asset turnover comes in at 0.176 -- ranking 73rd of 105 Utilities stocks.
• ATO, CEQP, and ED are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SO.

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