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About The Company

CEO

Mr. Christopher C. Womack

Market Cap

76.99 Billion USD

Sector

Utilities

Website

https://www.southerncompany.com

Last Update

2/22/2024, 12:00:00 PM

Description

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

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Overview

Value

23

Growth

37

Health

34

Management

48

Analyst Opinion

89

Total

46

All Scores Out Of 100

Best Features

  • Price-to-earnings ratio of 19.0 is lower than the market average (19.6x)
  • Liked by analysts

Risk Factors

  • Earnings growth has slowed down recently
  • Income is not covering expenditure and investment
  • There is a history of diluting shareholders
  • Has a high level of debt
  • Does not hold enough liquid assets to cover short term liabilities
  • No margin of safety at their current market price
  • Disliked by Twitter users
  • Poor earnings and cashflow growth
  • Accounting anomalies: Growing revenues without a corresponding growth in cash flows.
  • High preportion of income is paid as dividend

Market Peers

SO

Key Figures

PE Ratio (TTM)

18.98

Margin Of Safety (DCF)

-37.86%

Revenue Growth (5 Year Average)

8.35%

Ratings Consensus

Strong Buy

Share Buybacks

-1.04%

Dividend Yeild (TTM)

4.03%

Valuation

Value Score

23

  • Price-to-earnings ratio of 19.0 is lower than the market average (19.6x)
  • Estimated intrinsic-value of 42.94 USD is lower than current price ( 70.57 USD)
  • Free-cashflow-yeild of -2.05% is worse than the market average (4.7%)
  • Margin-of-safety of -37.86% is worse than the market average (17.95%)

Desired Margin Of Safety

0%

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Free Cash Flow Type

Annual Cashflow Growth

0%

Discount Rate

0%

Buy Target: < 55.2 USD

Current Price: 69.1 USD

Negative Cashflows: Cashflow can become negative due to operating losses, investing activities or financing activites. Negative cashflow makes it dificult to use a discounted free cashflow model to assess intrinsic value.

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Price/Earnings

18.98x

Free Cashflow Yeild

-2.05%

PE/Earnings Growth

0.42

Price/Book

2.14x

Growth

Growth Score

37

  • 5 Year Average Earnings growth of 22.85% is higher than the market average (14.48%)
  • Free Cashflow growth has improved this year
  • 5 Year Average Revenue growth of 8.35% is lower than the market average (10.97%)
  • Revenue growth has slowed this year
  • Earnings growth has slowed this year
  • 5 Year Average Free Cashflow growth of -11.74% is lower than the market average (12.35%)

Revenue Growth

8.35%

Earnings Growth

22.85%

Cashflow Growth

-11.74%

Health

Health Score

34

  • Cashflow is negative
  • Has a high level of debt
  • Assets do not cover liabilities
  • High financial leverage and base interest rate exposure
  • Requires debt for normal operation to be sustainable
  • Debt repayments significantly impact cashflow

Altman Z Score

0.87

Piostroski Score

6.00

Debt/Equity

1.94x

Current Assets/Liabilities

0.66x

Free Cashflow/Total Debt

0.00x

Debt/Capital

5.68x

Dividend

Secure Dividend Score

50

  • Dividend yeild of 4.03% is more than the market average (1.85%)
  • Dividend is likely safe
  • Dividends have shown growth over the last 5 years
  • Spending a lower percentage of their income on dividends than last 5 years
  • Long term dividend payout ratio of 117.80% is high and may limit growth
  • Payout ratio (TTM) of 76.31% is higher than the average (40%)

Dividend Yeild

4.03%

Dividend Growth

4.68%

Payout Ratio (Earnings)

76.31%

Payout Ratio (Cashflow)

-196.82%

Management

Management Score

48

  • Has issued new shares to finance growth when share price is high
  • Has returned higher dividends when earnings have risen
  • Return-on-capital-employed of 9.61% is lower than the market average (10%)
  • Has a history of diluting shareholders to finance activity
  • Return-on-equity of 11.77% is lower than the market average (15%)

Average Buybacks/Dilution

-1.04%

Recent Buybacks/Dilution

2.83%

5 Year Price Volitility

16.12%

Return On Assets

2.65%

Return On Capital Employed

9.61%

Return On Equity

11.77%

Return On Free Cashflow

N/A

Return On Investments

36.68%

Social Sentiment

Social Sentiment Score

0

Twitter Sentiment

N/A

Stocktwits Sentiment

N/A

Analysts

Analyst Opinion

89

  • Ratings consensus is Strong Buy

SEC Filings

Find yearly (10-K), quaterly (10-Q) and disclosure (8-K) report here, on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database. If reading through reports isn't your cup of tea, don't worry. We've made it easy for you by summarizing all the important bits.

Other Information

Company Name

The Southern Company

Currency

USD

Beta

0.498292

Vol Avg

4053955

Ceo

Mr. Christopher C. Womack

Cik

0000092122

Cusip

842587107

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Full Time Employees

27423

Industry

Utilities—Regulated Electric

Sector

Utilities

Ipo Date

1981-12-31

Address

30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W.

City

Atlanta

State

GA

Country

US

Zip

30308

Phone

404 506 5000

Analysis Last Updated

2/22/2024, 12:00:00 PM

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