Financials Southern Company

Equities

SO

US8425871071

Electric Utilities

Market Closed - Nyse 04:00:02 2024-05-31 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
80.14 USD +2.64% Intraday chart for Southern Company +3.07% +14.29%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 66,804 64,885 72,681 77,671 76,474 87,627 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 111,671 113,009 124,600 77,671 137,726 153,018 154,931 156,133
P/E ratio 14.1 x 20.8 x 30.3 x 21.8 x 19.3 x 20.1 x 18.8 x 17.7 x
Yield 3.86% 4.13% 3.82% - - 3.58% 3.7% 3.83%
Capitalization / Revenue 3.12 x 3.18 x 3.14 x 2.65 x 3.03 x 3.26 x 3.1 x 3.01 x
EV / Revenue 5.21 x 5.55 x 5.39 x 2.65 x 5.45 x 5.69 x 5.49 x 5.36 x
EV / EBITDA 13.7 x 12.7 x 13.7 x 8.37 x 13.3 x 13.3 x 12.4 x 11.8 x
EV / FCF -62.9 x -152 x -116 x - -89.3 x 226 x 138 x 156 x
FCF Yield -1.59% -0.66% -0.86% - -1.12% 0.44% 0.72% 0.64%
Price to Book 2.44 x 2.32 x 2.61 x - 2.43 x 2.67 x 2.54 x 2.41 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 1,048,734 1,056,242 1,059,804 1,087,673 1,090,619 1,093,426 - -
Reference price 2 63.70 61.43 68.58 71.41 70.12 80.14 80.14 80.14
Announcement Date 2/20/20 2/18/21 2/17/22 2/16/23 2/15/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 21,419 20,375 23,113 29,279 25,253 26,881 28,244 29,146
EBITDA 1 8,178 8,889 9,123 9,284 10,351 11,503 12,467 13,244
EBIT 1 5,140 5,371 5,558 5,621 5,826 6,823 7,571 8,139
Operating Margin 24% 26.36% 24.05% 19.2% 23.07% 25.38% 26.81% 27.92%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 6,542 3,496 2,042 4,223 4,345 5,149 5,571 6,070
Net income 1 4,739 3,119 2,393 3,524 3,976 4,392 4,754 5,066
Net margin 22.13% 15.31% 10.35% 12.04% 15.74% 16.34% 16.83% 17.38%
EPS 2 4.530 2.950 2.260 3.280 3.640 3.978 4.272 4.521
Free Cash Flow 1 -1,774 -745 -1,071 - -1,542 676 1,123 997.8
FCF margin -8.28% -3.66% -4.63% - -6.11% 2.51% 3.98% 3.42%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) - - - - - 5.88% 9.01% 7.53%
FCF Conversion (Net income) - - - - - 15.39% 23.62% 19.7%
Dividend per Share 2 2.460 2.540 2.620 - - 2.867 2.963 3.067
Announcement Date 2/20/20 2/18/21 2/17/22 2/16/23 2/15/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2
Net sales 1 5,767 6,648 7,206 8,378 7,047 6,480 5,748 6,980 6,045 6,646 6,010 7,413 6,264 7,258 -
EBITDA 1 1,434 2,277 2,568 3,115 1,324 2,329 2,402 3,253 2,367 2,848 2,705 3,409 2,253 3,312 -
EBIT 1 527 1,384 1,655 2,193 389 1,218 1,290 2,110 1,207 1,703 1,561 2,317 1,342 2,124 -
Operating Margin 9.14% 20.82% 22.97% 26.18% 5.52% 18.8% 22.44% 30.23% 19.97% 25.62% 25.97% 31.25% 21.42% 29.27% -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 - 1,164 1,393 1,901 -234 896 921 1,729 800 1,294 1,143 1,953 794 1,543 -
Net income 1 -215 1,032 1,107 1,472 -87 862 838 1,422 855 1,129 947.4 1,591 809.9 1,496 -
Net margin -3.73% 15.52% 15.36% 17.57% -1.23% 13.3% 14.58% 20.37% 14.14% 16.99% 15.76% 21.46% 12.93% 20.61% -
EPS 2 -0.2000 0.9700 1.040 1.360 -0.0800 0.7900 0.7700 1.300 0.7800 1.030 0.8799 1.460 0.7029 1.360 -
Dividend per Share 2 0.6600 0.6600 0.6800 0.6800 - 0.6800 - - - 0.7000 0.7110 0.7215 0.7215 0.7438 0.7350
Announcement Date 2/17/22 4/28/22 7/28/22 10/27/22 2/16/23 4/27/23 8/3/23 11/2/23 2/15/24 5/2/24 - - - - -
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 44,867 48,124 51,919 - 61,252 65,390 67,304 68,505
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 5.486 x 5.414 x 5.691 x - 5.917 x 5.685 x 5.399 x 5.173 x
Free Cash Flow 1 -1,774 -745 -1,071 - -1,542 676 1,123 998
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 12.4% 12.4% 13% - 12.9% 13.4% 13.8% 14%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 2.76% 2.85% 2.89% - 2.9% 3.1% 3.21% 3.31%
Assets 1 171,784 109,607 82,831 - 137,103 141,662 148,041 152,856
Book Value Per Share 2 26.10 26.50 26.30 - 28.80 30.00 31.50 33.30
Cash Flow per Share 2 5.480 6.290 5.780 - 6.880 8.820 9.360 -
Capex 1 7,555 7,441 7,240 - 9,095 10,251 9,412 8,924
Capex / Sales 35.27% 36.52% 31.32% - 36.02% 38.14% 33.32% 30.62%
Announcement Date 2/20/20 2/18/21 2/17/22 2/16/23 2/15/24 - - -
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B-
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
21
Last Close Price
80.14 USD
Average target price
76.85 USD
Spread / Average Target
-4.11%
Consensus
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