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Southern Company (SO)At 12:27PM ET: 33.25  Down 0.04 (0.12%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:25.87B
Enterprise Value (3-Feb-09)3:44.37B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.58
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-09) 1:13.14
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):2.55
Price/Sales (ttm):1.55
Price/Book (mrq):1.92
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.66
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:8.718
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):10.56%
Operating Margin (ttm):20.68%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.57%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.67%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):16.66B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):21.716
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):13.80%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.49B
EBITDA (ttm):5.09B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.76B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.28
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-8.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):806.02M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.036
Total Debt (mrq):18.19B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.357
Current Ratio (mrq):0.989
Book Value Per Share (mrq):17.305
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.51B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-476.60M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.46
52-Week Change3:-11.44%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-40.22%
52-Week High (19-Sep-08)3:40.00
52-Week Low (10-Oct-08)3:29.82
50-Day Moving Average3:35.46
200-Day Moving Average3:35.97
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:5,581,290
Average Volume (10 day)3:5,309,200
Shares Outstanding5:778.00M
Float:774.99M
% Held by Insiders1:0.02%
% Held by Institutions1:46.40%
Shares Short (as of 12-Jan-09)3:13.20M
Short Ratio (as of 12-Jan-09)3:3.3
Short % of Float (as of 12-Jan-09)3:1.70%
Shares Short (prior month)3:11.95M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.68
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:5.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.68
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:5.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.30%
Payout Ratio4:72%
Dividend Date3:05-Mar-09
Ex-Dividend Date4:29-Jan-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:01-Mar-94


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Dec-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 31-Dec-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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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.