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Southern Company Inc (SO)On Apr 13: 29.21  Down 0.19 (0.65%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):21.48B
Enterprise Value (14-Apr-04)³:34.69B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.50
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:14.32
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.31
Price/Sales (ttm):1.92
Price/Book (mrq):2.24
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.08
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:8.84
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-03
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.29%
Operating Margin (ttm):25.73%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.43%
Return on Equity (ttm):15.98%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):11.25B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.37
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:6.70%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:7.75B
EBITDA (ttm):3.92B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.47B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.014
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:11.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):311.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.42
Total Debt (mrq)²:13.37B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.328
Current Ratio (mrq):0.806
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.13
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:3.07B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:1.06B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:-0.45
52-Week Change:3.19%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-20.23%
52-Week High (20-Jun-03):32.00
52-Week Low (4-Aug-03):27.60
50-Day Moving Average:30.04
200-Day Moving Average:29.52
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):2,102,545
Average Volume (10 day):1,941,000
Shares Outstanding:735.50M
Float:729.90M
% Held by Insiders:0.76%
% Held by Institutions:36.39%
Shares Short (as of 8-Mar-04):7.96M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Mar-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Mar-04):3.777
Short % of Float (as of 8-Mar-04):1.09%
Shares Short (prior month):12.37M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.40
Dividend Yield:4.76%
Dividend Date: 6-Mar-04
Ex-Dividend Date:29-Jan-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:01-Mar-94
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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Dec-03)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-03)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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