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Southern Company Inc (SO)At 4:01PM ET: 33.38  Down 0.24 (0.71%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):24.69B
Enterprise Value (9-Feb-05)³:38.67B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):17.04
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:15.17
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.18
Price/Sales (ttm):2.12
Price/Book (mrq):2.41
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.30
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:10.07
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):12.64%
Operating Margin (ttm):24.42%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.19%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.73%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):11.72B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.809
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:6.70%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:7.75B
EBITDA (ttm):3.84B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.45B
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.96
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:11.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):284.03M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.38
Total Debt (mrq)²:13.52B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.244
Current Ratio (mrq):1.039
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.927
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:2.76B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:754.10M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:-0.444
52-Week Change:14.20%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):8.81%
52-Week High (2-Feb-05):34.34
52-Week Low (12-May-04):27.44
50-Day Moving Average:33.20
200-Day Moving Average:30.73
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):1,928,363
Average Volume (10 day):2,095,000
Shares Outstanding:739.69M
Float:734.70M
% Held by Insiders:0.67%
% Held by Institutions:39.51%
Shares Short (as of 10-Jan-05):12.78M
Daily Volume (as of 10-Jan-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-Jan-05):7.355
Short % of Float (as of 10-Jan-05):1.74%
Shares Short (prior month):13.81M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.43
Dividend Yield:4.25%
Dividend Date: 5-Mar-05
Ex-Dividend Date: 3-Feb-05
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 31-Dec-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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