The Southern Company (SO) is a Regulated Electric company in the Utilities sector, currently trading at $96.00. It has a SharesGrow Score of 48/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of SO = $98.67 (+2.8% from the current price, the stock appears fairly valued). Analyst consensus target is SO = $98 (+2.3% upside).
Valuation: SO trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 24.8 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 3.17.
Financials: revenue is $29.6B, +0.9%/yr average growth. Net income is $4.3B, growing at +7.3%/yr. Net profit margin is 14.7% (healthy). Gross margin is 29.8% (-7.2 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $65.8B against $36.0B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 1.83, leveraged). Current ratio is 0.65 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 42.3%. Total assets: $155.7B.
Analyst outlook: 11 / 33 analysts rate SO as buy (33%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 39/100 (Fail), Growth 55/100 (Partial), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 0/100 (Fail), Moat 54/100 (Partial), Future 34/100 (Fail), Income 55/100 (Partial).
