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Southern Company Inc (SO)On Oct 22: 31.60  Up 0.02 (0.06%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):23.33B
Enterprise Value (24-Oct-04)³:37.03B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.35
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:15.27
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.18
Price/Sales (ttm):2.00
Price/Book (mrq):2.35
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.19
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:9.64
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-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:-0.479
52-Week Change:4.22%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-2.14%
52-Week High (22-Oct-04):31.75
52-Week Low (12-May-04):27.44
50-Day Moving Average:30.18
200-Day Moving Average:29.63
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):1,639,863
Average Volume (10 day):2,265,000
Shares Outstanding:738.18M
Float:732.60M
% Held by Insiders:0.76%
% Held by Institutions:38.59%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-04):15.44M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-04):10.379
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-04):2.11%
Shares Short (prior month):16.94M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.43
Dividend Yield:4.53%
Dividend Date: 6-Dec-04
Ex-Dividend Date:28-Oct-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:01-Mar-94
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ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
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fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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