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Southern Company Inc (SO)At 3:43PM ET: 29.90  Up 0.09 (0.30%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):22.07B
Enterprise Value (25-Aug-04)³:35.71B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.47
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:14.51
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:2.98
Price/Sales (ttm):1.89
Price/Book (mrq):2.22
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.07
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:9.3
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):12.50%
Operating Margin (ttm):24.46%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.19%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.80%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):11.63B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.725
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:6.70%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:7.75B
EBITDA (ttm):3.84B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.43B
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.933
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:11.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):191.16M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.26
Total Debt (mrq)²:13.90B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.325
Current Ratio (mrq):0.857
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.432
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:2.82B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:849.15M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:-0.467
52-Week Change:5.94%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-3.68%
52-Week High (17-Mar-04):31.00
52-Week Low (12-May-04):27.44
50-Day Moving Average:29.33
200-Day Moving Average:29.49
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):1,498,136
Average Volume (10 day):1,394,000
Shares Outstanding:738.18M
Float:732.60M
% Held by Insiders:0.76%
% Held by Institutions:38.58%
Shares Short (as of 8-Jul-04):14.43M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Jul-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Jul-04):9.826
Short % of Float (as of 8-Jul-04):1.97%
Shares Short (prior month):13.36M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.43
Dividend Yield:4.80%
Dividend Date: 4-Sep-04
Ex-Dividend Date:29-Jul-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:01-Mar-94
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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