Southern Company (The) (SO) Stock

About Southern Company (The)

Southern Company (The) is led by CEO Christopher C. Womack, employs 28,314 people, headquartered in Atlanta, US, publicly traded since 1981.

Southern Company (The) (SO) stock trades at $91.18 with a market capitalization of $104.89B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.88, price-to-book of 2.38, price-to-sales of 3.16. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $81.82 and $100.84, and currently trades 9.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.67%.

On profitability, Southern Company (The) generates a return on equity (ROE) of 12.61%, return on capital employed of 4.99%, an operating margin of 24.60%, a net profit margin of 15.43%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Southern Company (The) reported annual revenue of $29.6B, net profit of $4.3B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 7.7%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 6.7%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 0.65, total assets of $155.7B, $1.6B in cash and equivalents.

SO has a beta of 0.32 (historically less volatile than the overall market).