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Southern Company (SO)On Dec 23: 45.90  Up 0.15 (0.33%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:39.56B
Enterprise Value (Dec 24, 2011)3:59.91B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):18.78
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:17.00
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.03
Price/Sales (ttm):2.22
Price/Book (mrq):2.24
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.38
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:9.83
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):11.82%
Operating Margin (ttm):23.19%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.58%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.62%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):17.73B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):20.84
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):2.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:6.10B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.10B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.44
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):12.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.52B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.77
Total Debt (mrq):20.79B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):111.08
Current Ratio (mrq):1.15
Book Value Per Share (mrq):20.46
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):5.06B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):28.80M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.25
52-Week Change3:19.91%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.62%
52-Week High (Dec 23, 2011)3:46.12
52-Week Low (Aug 9, 2011)3:35.73
50-Day Moving Average3:43.92
200-Day Moving Average3:41.75
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:5,226,220
Avg Vol (10 day)3:4,363,550
Shares Outstanding5:861.93M
Float:860.88M
% Held by Insiders1:0.01%
% Held by Institutions1:43.80%
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:13.89M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:3.50
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:1.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:14.38M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.89
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.87
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.60%
Payout Ratio4:77.00%
Dividend Date3:Dec 5, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Nov 3, 2011
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 Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
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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