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Southern Company Inc (SO)On Jan 14: 32.94  Up 0.13 (0.40%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):24.37B
Enterprise Value (15-Jan-05)³:38.07B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.81
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:15.69
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.26
Price/Sales (ttm):2.07
Price/Book (mrq):2.36
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.25
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:9.91
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-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):1.959
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:-0.47
52-Week Change:10.66%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):6.39%
52-Week High (30-Dec-04):33.96
52-Week Low (12-May-04):27.44
50-Day Moving Average:32.84
200-Day Moving Average:30.39
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):1,935,181
Average Volume (10 day):1,853,000
Shares Outstanding:739.69M
Float:734.70M
% Held by Insiders:0.67%
% Held by Institutions:39.91%
Shares Short (as of 8-Dec-04):13.81M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Dec-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Dec-04):7.814
Short % of Float (as of 8-Dec-04):1.88%
Shares Short (prior month):14.25M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.43
Dividend Yield:4.36%
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 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
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