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Southern Company (SO)At 4:00PM EDT: 41.81  Down 0.20 (0.48%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:35.86B
Enterprise Value (Oct 5, 2011)3:57.43B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):17.78
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:15.49
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.84
Price/Sales (ttm):2.04
Price/Book (mrq):2.12
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.26
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:9.75
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):11.33%
Operating Margin (ttm):22.24%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.48%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.51%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):17.62B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):20.85
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):7.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:5.89B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.00B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.35
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):18.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):443.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.52
Total Debt (mrq):20.77B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):114.96
Current Ratio (mrq):0.97
Book Value Per Share (mrq):19.80
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):4.96B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-297.49M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.28
52-Week Change3:10.64%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-3.17%
52-Week High (Sep 20, 2011)3:43.09
52-Week Low (Aug 9, 2011)3:35.73
50-Day Moving Average3:41.48
200-Day Moving Average3:39.90
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:6,472,610
Avg Vol (10 day)3:6,457,040
Shares Outstanding5:857.65M
Float:856.60M
% Held by Insiders1:0.01%
% Held by Institutions1:43.80%
Shares Short (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:15.79M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:2.50
Short % of Float (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:1.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:12.21M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.89
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.86
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:79.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 5, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jul 28, 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 Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 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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