What is Southern Company's price / earnings?

Southern Company (SO) reported price / earnings of 22.3× in Q3 2021.

What does price / earnings mean?

How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.

How do you interpret price / earnings?

Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.

How does price / earnings compare across companies?

Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.

Southern Company SO Price / earnings

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '21

Price / earnings at other companies

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21×+14.6×

Dominion EnergyD

18.4×-2.4×

Nextra EnergyNEE

23.6×-2.8×

Duke EnergyDUK

18.7×+0.7×

CNP

CenterPoint EnergyCNP

26.4×+1.9×

PG&EPCG

13.1×-2.6×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.4B+8.0%

Operating income$2.0B+0.4%

Net income$1.4B+1.7%

EPS (diluted)$1.20-0.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$987.0M-57.7%

Total debt$75.3B—

Total equity$39.9B+7.2%

Total assets$157.03B—

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.2B-1.9%

CapEx$2.9B+20.8%

Free cash flow-$1.7B-44.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$104.31B+7.1%

Enterprise value$178.58B—

P/S3.3×-0.4×

Profitability

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Operating margin18.7%-2.5pp

Net margin13.1%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9%—

Debt / equity1.9×—

Current ratio0.7×—

Where this comes from

Calculated from Southern Company’s reported figures.

market cap/net income=22.3×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Southern Company’s 10-Q, filed October 27, 2022, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Southern Company's price / earnings?: Southern Company (SO) reported price / earnings of 22.3× in Q3 2021.
What does price / earnings mean?: How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?: Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?: Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.