The Southern Company [SO] Stock Forecast

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The Southern Company is a US stock, located in Atlanta of Ga and trading under the symbol SO

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SO Stock Summary

Earnings have grown 26.68% per last year.

Has a high level of debt. Debt-to-Equity ratio of 3.3 is considered high.

Earnings are expected to fall -9.68% next year

SO's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows due to its high cash payout ratio (84.02%).

SO has less than 1 year of cash runway

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08:22 01 Apr 2023 SO

Southern (SO) Introduces RNG Program for Sustainable Future

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06:00 01 Apr 2023 SO

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08:03 01 Apr 2023 SO

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SO Financial details

Company Rating

Buy

Market Cap

75.77B

Income

3.53B

Revenue

29.28B

Book val./share

28.63

Cash/share

1.81

Dividend

2.72

Dividend %

3.91%

Employees

27.03K

Optionable

Yes

Shortable

Yes

Earnings

26 Apr 2023

P/E

20.96

Forward P/E

PEG

4.47

P/S

2.52

P/B

2.43

P/C

38.44

P/FCF

19.52

Quick Ratio

0.36

Current Ratio

0.66

Debt / Equity

3.3

LT Debt / Equity

1.71

EPS (TTM)

3.32

EPS next Y

EPS next Q

0.9

EPS this Y

45.13%

EPS next Y

EPS next 5Y

13.14%

EPS last 5Y

8.78%

Revenue last 5Y

4.5%

Revenue Q/Q

-15.89%

EPS Q/Q

-105.83%

SMA20

6.12%

SMA50

-2.04%

SMA100

4.65%

Inst Own

63.07%

Inst Trans

0.31%

ROA

ROE

11%

ROC

0.05%

Gross Margin

53%

Oper. Margin

19%

Profit Margin

12%

Payout

82%

Shs Outstand

1.09B

Shs Float

1.09B

Target Price

73.2

52W Range

60.71-80.57

52W High

-13.03%

52W Low

+15.97%

RSI

62.78

Rel Volume

1.18

Avg Volume

4.4M

Volume

5.2M

Perf Week

4.3%

Perf Month

5.65%

Perf Quarter

8.52%

Perf Half Y

-4.05%

Beta

0.481585

Volatility

1%, 1.98%

Prev Close

0.75%

Price

69.58

Change

0.23%

SO Financial Performance

Yearly Fundamentals Overview

Last date of statement is 2022-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31
Revenue per share	22.73	20.34	19.26	21.78	27.6
Net income per share	2.17	4.51	2.96	2.27	3.33
Operating cash flow per share	6.72	5.49	6.33	5.81	5.94
Free cash flow per share	-1.02	-1.68	-0.7	-1.01	-1.53
Cash per share	1.35	1.88	1.01	1.69	1.81
Book value per share	24.2	26.4	26.71	26.54	28.66
Tangible book value per share	22.64	24.91	25.29	25.3	27.3
Share holders equity per share	24.2	26.4	26.71	26.54	28.66
Interest debt per share	47.08	46.13	48.21	54.01	57.64
Market cap	45.4B	67.08B	64.99B	72.76B	75.77B
Enterprise value	90.83B	111.94B	113.12B	126.44B	132.98B
P/E ratio	20.25	14.11	20.74	30.22	21.43
Price to sales ratio	1.93	3.13	3.19	3.15	2.59
POCF ratio	6.54	11.6	9.71	11.8	12.02
PFCF ratio	-43	-37.81	-87.24	-67.94	-46.74
P/B Ratio	1.82	2.41	2.3	2.58	2.49
PTB ratio	1.82	2.41	2.3	2.58	2.49
EV to sales	3.87	5.23	5.55	5.47	4.54
Enterprise value over EBITDA	11.24	9.63	12.22	14.9	12.77
EV to operating cash flow	13.08	19.36	16.89	20.5	21.1
EV to free cash flow	-86.02	-63.1	-151.83	-118.05	-82.04
Earnings yield	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.05
Free cash flow yield	-0.02	-0.03	-0.01	-0.01	-0.02
Debt to equity	3.5	3.12	3.2	3.37	3.3
Debt to assets	0.75	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.74
Net debt to EBITDA	5.62	3.86	5.2	6.33	5.49
Current ratio	0.67	0.78	0.71	0.82	0.66
Interest coverage	2.28	4.46	2.68	2.01	2.75
Income quality	3.1	1.22	2.14	2.56	1.84
Dividend Yield	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Payout ratio	1.08	0.54	0.86	1.15	0.82
Sales general and administrative to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Research and developement to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Intangibles to total assets	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04
Capex to operating cash flow	-1.15	-1.31	-1.11	-1.17	-1.26
Capex to revenue	-0.34	-0.35	-0.37	-0.31	-0.27
Capex to depreciation	-2.25	-2.27	-1.91	-1.82	-1.95
Stock based compensation to revenue	0.01	0	0.01	0.01	0
Graham number	34.36	51.78	42.2	36.82	46.35
ROIC	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.04
Return on tangible assets	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.03
Graham Net	-79.27	-76.85	-80.91	-84.61	-88.89
Working capital	-4.7B	-2.73B	-3.46B	-1.96B	-5.31B
Tangible asset value	23.4B	26.23B	26.76B	26.84B	28.97B
Net current asset value	-78B	-76.83B	-81.79B	-86B	-89.94B
Invested capital	1.87	1.69	1.74	1.97	1.94
Average receivables	4.05B	3.73B	3.37B	3.15B	3.34B
Average payables	3.26B	3B	2.68B	2.49B	2.85B
Average inventory	2.51B	2.39B	2.44B	2.42B	2.52B
Days sales outstanding	63.06	58.09	59.74	46.78	46.32
Days payables outstanding	90.6	79.15	97.75	60.66	69.71
Days of inventory on hand	63.13	73.92	86.67	65.86	52.94
Receivables turnover	5.79	6.28	6.11	7.8	7.88
Payables turnover	4.03	4.61	3.73	6.02	5.24
Inventory turnover	5.78	4.94	4.21	5.54	6.9
ROE	0.09	0.17	0.11	0.09	0.12
Capex per share	-7.74	-7.17	-7.03	-6.82	-7.47

Quarterly Fundamentals Overview

Last date of statement is 2022-12-31 for Q4

Metric	2021-12-31	2022-03-31	2022-06-30	2022-09-30	2022-12-31
Revenue per share	5.43	6.26	6.79	7.89	6.64
Net income per share	-0.2	0.97	1.04	1.39	-0.08
Operating cash flow per share	1.02	1.5	1.87	1.35	1.21
Free cash flow per share	-0.88	1.5	1.87	1.35	-1.07
Cash per share	1.69	1.56	1.62	0	1.81
Book value per share	26.52	30.72	31.09	33.4	28.63
Tangible book value per share	25.27	25.62	25.94	28.27	27.27
Share holders equity per share	26.52	30.72	31.09	33.4	28.63
Interest debt per share	52.69	51.97	52.63	50.77	56.21
Market cap	72.83B	77.01B	75.73B	72.22B	75.84B
Enterprise value	126.5B	130.07B	129.42B	125.63B	133.06B
P/E ratio	-86.29	18.65	17.1	12.26	-220.46
Price to sales ratio	12.63	11.58	10.51	8.62	10.76
POCF ratio	66.94	48.37	38.11	50.22	59.02
PFCF ratio	-78.31	48.37	38.11	50.22	-66.76
P/B Ratio	2.59	2.36	2.29	2.04	2.49
PTB ratio	2.59	2.36	2.29	2.04	2.49
EV to sales	21.94	19.57	17.96	14.99	18.88
Enterprise value over EBITDA	124.02	48.97	44.55	36.04	97.91
EV to operating cash flow	116.27	81.7	65.13	87.36	103.55
EV to free cash flow	-136.03	81.7	65.13	87.36	-117.13
Earnings yield	0	0.01	0.01	0.02	0
Free cash flow yield	-0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	-0.01
Debt to equity	3.37	2.93	2.95	2.77	3.3
Debt to assets	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.73	0.74
Net debt to EBITDA	52.62	19.98	18.48	15.32	42.1
Current ratio	0.82	0.89	0.85	0.81	0.66
Interest coverage	-0.68	3	3.39	4.29	0.69
Income quality	-5.16	1.54	1.79	1.01	-9.31
Dividend Yield	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Payout ratio	-3.32	0.68	0.65	0.5	-8.62
Sales general and administrative to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Research and developement to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Intangibles to total assets	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Capex to operating cash flow	-1.85	0	0	0	-1.88
Capex to revenue	-0.35	0	0	0	-0.34
Capex to depreciation	-1.96	0	0	0	-2.47
Stock based compensation to revenue	0	0.01	0	0	0
Graham number	10.89	25.92	27	32.28	7.22
ROIC	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0
Return on tangible assets	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0
Graham Net	-84.53	-87.83	-89.43	-91.77	-88.81
Working capital	-1.96B	-1.14B	-1.71B	-2.44B	-5.31B
Tangible asset value	26.84B	27.21B	27.55B	30.02B	28.97B
Net current asset value	-86B	-86.42B	-87.73B	-87.92B	-89.94B
Invested capital	1.97	1.68	1.68	1.51	1.94
Average receivables	2.93B	1.48B	0	0	1.86B
Average payables	2.2B	2.21B	2.58B	2.99B	3.3B
Average inventory	2.31B	1.96B	1.61B	1.65B	2.17B
Days sales outstanding	46.23	0	0	0	47.46
Days payables outstanding	49.36	80.81	101.64	82.42	61.15
Days of inventory on hand	53.59	56.4	57.36	44.36	46.44
Receivables turnover	1.95	0	0	0	1.9
Payables turnover	1.82	1.11	0.89	1.09	1.47
Inventory turnover	1.68	1.6	1.57	2.03	1.94
ROE	-0.01	0.03	0.03	0.04	0
Capex per share	-1.9	0	0	0	-2.28

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SO Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Southern Company stock symbol ?

The Southern Company is a US stock , located in Atlanta of Ga and trading under the symbol SO

Is The Southern Company buy or a sell ?

14 stock analysts have 14 predictions with a medium analyst target price of $70.93. The lowest prediction is $59 and the highest is $80

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What is The Southern Company stock quote today ?

The Southern Company stock price is $69.58 today.

Is The Southern Company stock public?

Yes, The Southern Company is a publicly traded company.

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Company Profile

Volume Average 4.4M
Market Capitalization 75.77B
Employee 27.03K
CEO Mr. Thomas A. Fanning
Headquarters Atlanta,GA,US
IPO Date 1949-09-30
Website https://www.southerncompany.com

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates through Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services segments. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, wholesale gas services, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and/or operates 30 hydroelectric generating stations, 24 fossil fuel generating stations, three nuclear generating stations, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration stations, 45 solar facilities, 15 wind facilities, one fuel cell facility, and four battery storage facility; and constructs, operates, and maintains 76,289 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.7 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, the company offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.