Southern Co
General ticker "SO" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Electric Utilities
- Capitalization: $93.5B
Southern Co follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 40.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.9%: low 81.51$, high 83.00$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-11-18, amount 0.72$ (Y3.48%)
- Earnings for 18 months up through Q2 (+1 year) exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2022-12-31 to 2024-12-30
- 2022-12-31 to 2023-12-31 estimated range: [63.85$, 79.69$]
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [61.23$, 78.05$]
Financial Metrics affecting the SO estimates:
- Positive: Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 3.61 > 2.29
- Positive: 9.05 < Operating profit margin, % of 18.34
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share, $ of -7.84 <= -3.48
- Positive: -0.25 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.55
Short-term SO quotes
Long-term SO plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $20,375.00MM | $23,113.00MM | $29,279.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $15,490.00MM | $19,415.00MM | $23,909.00MM |
| Operating Income | $4,885.00MM | $3,698.00MM | $5,370.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-1,389.00MM | $-1,122.00MM | $-1,147.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $1,821.00MM | $1,837.00MM | $2,022.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $3,496.00MM | $2,576.00MM | $4,223.00MM |
| Taxes | $362.00MM | $267.00MM | $688.00MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $3,134.00MM | $2,309.00MM | $3,535.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $27,972.00MM | $27,874.00MM | $30,408.00MM |
| Inventory | $2,488.00MM | $2,355.00MM | $2,677.00MM |
| Assets | $122,935.00MM | $127,534.00MM | $134,891.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $6,696.00MM | $6,169.00MM | $6,302.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $7,441.00MM | $7,240.00MM | $7,923.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-7,030.00MM | $-7,353.00MM | $-8,430.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-576.00MM | $1,945.00MM | $2,336.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $2.82 | $2.26 | $3.28 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.