Southern Company Stock Return On Asset

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USD 78.80 0.66 0.84%

Southern Company fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Southern's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Southern Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Southern's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Southern stock.

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As of the 13th of May 2024, Return On Assets is likely to grow to 0.04.

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Southern Company Company Return On Asset Analysis

Southern's Return on Asset or ROA shows how effective is the management of the company in generating income from utilizing all of the assets at their disposal. It is a useful ratio to evaluate the performance of different departments of a company as well as to understand management performance over time.

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Current Southern Return On Asset

0.0315

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	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Common Stock	Current Deferred Revenue	Good Will	Intangible Assets	Long Term Debt	Short Term Investments	Treasury Stock	Property Plant Equipment	Deferred Long Term Liab	Net Tangible Assets	Long Term Debt Total	Capital Surpluse	Long Term Investments	Accumulated Depreciation	Short Long Term Debt	Cash And Equivalents	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.97	0.82	0.78	0.9	0.92	1.0	0.96	0.83	0.78	0.89	0.8	0.14	0.41	0.5	0.67	0.99	0.77	0.74	0.9	0.9	0.74	-0.84	0.63	-0.3	0.41	-0.03	0.22
Total Stockholder Equity	0.97		0.76	0.91	0.83	0.84	0.96	0.94	0.79	0.78	0.9	0.67	-0.09	0.39	0.46	0.7	0.97	0.71	0.68	0.8	0.82	0.63	-0.74	0.51	-0.25	0.41	-0.01	0.24
Net Debt	0.82	0.76		0.59	0.74	0.8	0.82	0.78	0.69	0.95	0.69	0.92	0.17	0.64	0.78	0.65	0.83	0.95	0.77	0.93	0.92	0.58	-0.94	0.7	-0.47	0.67	0.05	-0.37
Retained Earnings	0.78	0.91	0.59		0.59	0.58	0.75	0.77	0.58	0.69	0.79	0.4	-0.42	0.41	0.37	0.64	0.81	0.54	0.48	0.56	0.58	0.33	-0.48	0.22	-0.16	0.39	0.08	0.21
Accounts Payable	0.9	0.83	0.74	0.59		0.96	0.91	0.93	0.93	0.7	0.87	0.79	0.28	0.24	0.32	0.66	0.87	0.68	0.62	0.8	0.81	0.75	-0.79	0.82	-0.29	0.25	-0.38	0.16
Net Receivables	0.92	0.84	0.8	0.58	0.96		0.93	0.95	0.88	0.74	0.9	0.88	0.34	0.26	0.36	0.67	0.9	0.72	0.64	0.87	0.85	0.74	-0.83	0.8	-0.28	0.28	-0.17	0.11
Total Liab	1.0	0.96	0.82	0.75	0.91	0.93		0.96	0.83	0.77	0.89	0.82	0.18	0.4	0.5	0.67	0.99	0.77	0.74	0.91	0.91	0.75	-0.85	0.65	-0.3	0.41	-0.04	0.22
Total Current Assets	0.96	0.94	0.78	0.77	0.93	0.95	0.96		0.9	0.77	0.96	0.79	0.12	0.28	0.38	0.73	0.94	0.69	0.64	0.83	0.82	0.7	-0.78	0.7	-0.16	0.31	-0.1	0.19
Short Term Debt	0.83	0.79	0.69	0.58	0.93	0.88	0.83	0.9		0.69	0.85	0.69	0.16	0.14	0.29	0.66	0.79	0.65	0.57	0.69	0.71	0.71	-0.72	0.81	-0.12	0.23	-0.4	0.09
Common Stock	0.78	0.78	0.95	0.69	0.7	0.74	0.77	0.77	0.69		0.74	0.81	-0.07	0.55	0.7	0.73	0.79	0.9	0.71	0.81	0.81	0.54	-0.85	0.63	-0.49	0.57	0.04	-0.39
Current Deferred Revenue	0.89	0.9	0.69	0.79	0.87	0.9	0.89	0.96	0.85	0.74		0.7	0.03	0.19	0.21	0.75	0.87	0.59	0.46	0.7	0.68	0.64	-0.68	0.59	-0.16	0.14	-0.08	0.21
Good Will	0.8	0.67	0.92	0.4	0.79	0.88	0.82	0.79	0.69	0.81	0.7		0.49	0.48	0.57	0.57	0.78	0.85	0.68	0.93	0.89	0.7	-0.95	0.78	-0.42	0.44	0.04	-0.22
Intangible Assets	0.14	-0.09	0.17	-0.42	0.28	0.34	0.18	0.12	0.16	-0.07	0.03	0.49		0.04	-0.03	-0.12	0.08	0.2	0.07	0.35	0.27	0.34	-0.36	0.38	-0.03	-0.08	-0.03	0.03
Long Term Debt	0.41	0.39	0.64	0.41	0.24	0.26	0.4	0.28	0.14	0.55	0.19	0.48	0.04		0.77	0.24	0.45	0.65	0.37	0.61	0.57	0.02	-0.59	0.15	-0.42	0.8	0.13	-0.39
Short Term Investments	0.5	0.46	0.78	0.37	0.32	0.36	0.5	0.38	0.29	0.7	0.21	0.57	-0.03	0.77		0.31	0.55	0.79	0.73	0.72	0.74	0.23	-0.7	0.41	-0.37	0.92	0.11	-0.49
Treasury Stock	0.67	0.7	0.65	0.64	0.66	0.67	0.67	0.73	0.66	0.73	0.75	0.57	-0.12	0.24	0.31		0.67	0.63	0.42	0.56	0.56	0.47	-0.6	0.44	-0.25	0.22	0.01	-0.07
Property Plant Equipment	0.99	0.97	0.83	0.81	0.87	0.9	0.99	0.94	0.79	0.79	0.87	0.78	0.08	0.45	0.55	0.67		0.79	0.76	0.9	0.91	0.67	-0.82	0.58	-0.3	0.49	0.01	0.18
Deferred Long Term Liab	0.77	0.71	0.95	0.54	0.68	0.72	0.77	0.69	0.65	0.9	0.59	0.85	0.2	0.65	0.79	0.63	0.79		0.79	0.89	0.91	0.53	-0.9	0.61	-0.52	0.69	0.06	-0.37
Net Tangible Assets	0.74	0.68	0.77	0.48	0.62	0.64	0.74	0.64	0.57	0.71	0.46	0.68	0.07	0.37	0.73	0.42	0.76	0.79		0.8	0.89	0.62	-0.73	0.58	-0.47	0.61	0.03	-0.09
Long Term Debt Total	0.9	0.8	0.93	0.56	0.8	0.87	0.91	0.83	0.69	0.81	0.7	0.93	0.35	0.61	0.72	0.56	0.9	0.89	0.8		0.98	0.67	-0.94	0.7	-0.39	0.64	0.06	-0.08
Capital Surpluse	0.9	0.82	0.92	0.58	0.81	0.85	0.91	0.82	0.71	0.81	0.68	0.89	0.27	0.57	0.74	0.56	0.91	0.91	0.89	0.98		0.66	-0.92	0.71	-0.43	0.66	0.0	-0.08
Long Term Investments	0.74	0.63	0.58	0.33	0.75	0.74	0.75	0.7	0.71	0.54	0.64	0.7	0.34	0.02	0.23	0.47	0.67	0.53	0.62	0.67	0.66		-0.73	0.66	-0.31	0.01	-0.08	0.24
Accumulated Depreciation	-0.84	-0.74	-0.94	-0.48	-0.79	-0.83	-0.85	-0.78	-0.72	-0.85	-0.68	-0.95	-0.36	-0.59	-0.7	-0.6	-0.82	-0.9	-0.73	-0.94	-0.92	-0.73		-0.76	0.45	-0.55	0.02	0.21
Short Long Term Debt	0.63	0.51	0.7	0.22	0.82	0.8	0.65	0.7	0.81	0.63	0.59	0.78	0.38	0.15	0.41	0.44	0.58	0.61	0.58	0.7	0.71	0.66	-0.76		-0.18	0.33	-0.49	-0.2
Cash And Equivalents	-0.3	-0.25	-0.47	-0.16	-0.29	-0.28	-0.3	-0.16	-0.12	-0.49	-0.16	-0.42	-0.03	-0.42	-0.37	-0.25	-0.3	-0.52	-0.47	-0.39	-0.43	-0.31	0.45	-0.18		-0.23	0.06	0.32
Net Invested Capital	0.41	0.41	0.67	0.39	0.25	0.28	0.41	0.31	0.23	0.57	0.14	0.44	-0.08	0.8	0.92	0.22	0.49	0.69	0.61	0.64	0.66	0.01	-0.55	0.33	-0.23		0.05	-0.45
Net Working Capital	-0.03	-0.01	0.05	0.08	-0.38	-0.17	-0.04	-0.1	-0.4	0.04	-0.08	0.04	-0.03	0.13	0.11	0.01	0.01	0.06	0.03	0.06	0.0	-0.08	0.02	-0.49	0.06	0.05		-0.01
Capital Stock	0.22	0.24	-0.37	0.21	0.16	0.11	0.22	0.19	0.09	-0.39	0.21	-0.22	0.03	-0.39	-0.49	-0.07	0.18	-0.37	-0.09	-0.08	-0.08	0.24	0.21	-0.2	0.32	-0.45	-0.01

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Return on Asset measures overall efficiency of a company in generating profits from its total assets. It is expressed as the percentage of profits earned per dollar of Asset. A low ROA typically means that a company is asset-intensive and therefore will needs more money to continue generating revenue in the future.

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Total Assets

72.01 Billion

At this time, Southern's Total Assets are very stable compared to the past year.

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Southern Company has a Return On Asset of 0.0315. This is 98.71% lower than that of the Electric Utilities sector and significantly higher than that of the Utilities industry. The return on asset for all United States stocks is 122.5% lower than that of the firm.

Southern Return On Asset Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Southern's direct or indirect competition against its Return On Asset to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Southern could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Southern by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.

Southern is currently under evaluation in return on asset category among related companies.

Southern ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, Southern's sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to Southern's managers, analysts, and investors.

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Southern Fundamentals

	Return On Equity	0.12
	Return On Asset	0.0315
	Profit Margin	0.17 %
	Operating Margin	0.28 %
	Current Valuation	153.89 B
	Shares Outstanding	1.09 B
	Shares Owned By Insiders	0.16 %
	Shares Owned By Institutions	67.76 %
	Number Of Shares Shorted	18.1 M
	Price To Earning	20.67 X
	Price To Book	2.38 X
	Price To Sales	2.97 X
	Revenue	25.25 B
	Gross Profit	10.82 B
	EBITDA	11.51 B
	Net Income	3.85 B
	Cash And Equivalents	1.92 B
	Cash Per Share	1.62 X
	Total Debt	63.49 B
	Debt To Equity	1.70 %
	Current Ratio	0.85 X
	Book Value Per Share	29.19 X
	Cash Flow From Operations	7.55 B
	Short Ratio	3.58 X
	Earnings Per Share	3.86 X
	Price To Earnings To Growth	2.59 X
	Target Price	76.23
	Number Of Employees	27.82 K
	Beta	0.48
	Market Capitalization	85.44 B
	Total Asset	139.33 B
	Retained Earnings	12.48 B
	Working Capital	(3.04 B)
	Current Asset	2.93 B
	Current Liabilities	4.99 B
	Annual Yield	0.04 %
	Five Year Return	4.39 %
	Net Asset	139.33 B
	Last Dividend Paid	2.8

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.304

Dividend Share

2.8

Earnings Share

3.86

Revenue Per Share

23.261

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.026

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