SO (SO) Stock

About SO

SO is led by CEO Christopher C. Womack, employs 28,314 people, headquartered in Atlanta, US, publicly traded since 1981.

SO stock trades at $87.92 with a market capitalization of $101.14B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.53, price-to-book of 2.58, price-to-sales of 3.42. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $83.80 and $100.84, and currently trades 12.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.39%.

On profitability, SO generates a return on equity (ROE) of 12.61%, above the typical market average, 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, SO reported annual revenue of $29.6B, net profit of $4.3B, revenue has compounded at 7.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 6.7% a year.

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 0.33 (less volatile than the overall market).