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Southern Company (SO)

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46.34 Up 0.09(0.19%) 4:01PM EDT|After Hours: 46.30 Down 0.04 (0.09%) 4:45PM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Price

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:40.26B
Enterprise Value (Jun 26, 2012)3:62.18B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):18.72
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:16.43
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.25
Price/Sales (ttm):2.33
Price/Book (mrq):2.27
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.61
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.00
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):12.46%
Operating Margin (ttm):24.02%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.51%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.83%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):17.25B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):20.01
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-10.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.85B
EBITDA (ttm)6:6.22B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.15B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.48
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-12.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.05B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.21
Total Debt (mrq):21.97B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):116.99
Current Ratio (mrq):0.96
Book Value Per Share (mrq):20.37
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):5.47B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-656.00M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.11
52-Week Change3:15.02%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.31%
52-Week High (Jun 18, 2012)3:48.45
52-Week Low (Aug 9, 2011)3:35.73
50-Day Moving Average3:46.27
200-Day Moving Average3:45.28
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:4,239,570
Avg Vol (10 day)3:4,624,250
Shares Outstanding5:868.69M
Float:868.54M
% Held by Insiders1:0.02%
% Held by Institutions1:43.40%
Shares Short (as of May 31, 2012)3:10.96M
Short Ratio (as of May 31, 2012)3:2.50
Short % of Float (as of May 31, 2012)3:1.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:10.34M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.96
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.91
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.60%
Payout Ratio4:77.00%
Dividend Date3:Jun 5, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:May 3, 2012
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Mar 1, 1994

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Mar 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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