The Southern Company (LON: 0L8A)

The Southern Company Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions GBP. Fiscal year is January - December.

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019
Period Ending	Jan 23, 2025	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019
Market Capitalization	73,413	60,038	64,463	53,677	47,524	50,441
Market Cap Growth	27.33%	-6.86%	20.09%	12.95%	-5.78%	42.26%
Enterprise Value	128,359	110,721	113,529	96,009	86,386	87,756
PE Ratio	20.84	19.23	22.04	30.37	20.80	14.10
PS Ratio	3.73	3.03	2.65	3.14	3.18	3.12
PB Ratio	2.67	2.17	2.25	2.23	1.99	2.08
P/FCF Ratio	143.47	-	-	-	-	-
P/OCF Ratio	10.47	10.13	12.32	11.78	9.69	11.56
EV/Sales Ratio	5.98	5.58	4.67	5.62	5.79	5.43
EV/EBITDA Ratio	11.97	12.36	13.23	15.77	12.90	13.01
EV/EBIT Ratio	19.76	21.96	21.79	30.45	22.53	20.75
EV/FCF Ratio	250.06	-	-	-	-	-
Debt / Equity Ratio	1.76	1.80	1.71	1.70	1.57	1.52
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	4.98	5.57	5.72	6.73	5.58	5.20
Debt / FCF Ratio	94.60	-	-	-	-	-
Quick Ratio	0.45	0.35	0.36	0.44	0.36	0.43
Current Ratio	0.91	0.77	0.66	0.82	0.71	0.78
Asset Turnover	0.19	0.18	0.22	0.18	0.17	0.18
Return on Equity (ROE)	12.71%	11.04%	10.18%	7.05%	9.56%	15.41%
Return on Assets (ROA)	3.48%	2.93%	2.99%	2.13%	2.71%	2.97%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	4.92%	4.17%	4.32%	3.11%	3.98%	4.46%
Earnings Yield	4.80%	5.20%	4.54%	3.29%	4.81%	7.09%
FCF Yield	0.70%	-2.02%	-2.09%	-1.95%	-1.27%	-2.66%
Dividend Yield	2.70%	4.13%	4.11%	4.31%	4.95%	4.74%
Payout Ratio	63.19%	76.33%	82.49%	116.05%	86.09%	54.23%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-0.32%	-1.57%	-1.22%	-0.28%	-1.04%	-2.83%
Total Shareholder Return	2.38%	2.56%	2.89%	4.02%	3.90%	1.92%

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Utility template. Financial Sources.