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Southern Company SO Price / sales

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '22

Price / sales at other companies

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+2.1×
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3.1×-0.1×
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+1.2×
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2.9×+0.3×
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+0.4×
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1.5×0.0×

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/E18.7×

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.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Southern Company’s 10-Q, filed November 2, 2023, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Southern Company's price / sales?
Southern Company (SO) reported price / sales of 2.6× in Q3 2022.
How has Southern Company's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Southern Company's price / sales decreased by 11.7% year-over-year, from 2.9× to 2.6×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.