SO PEER ANALYSIS

Southern Company — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

SOSouthern Company

🇺🇸 USA · US · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Regulated Electric

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

SOIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	SO	ELE	FTS	H	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
P/E	24.82	17.24	23.65	25.50	22.33	13.15●	22.18
P/B	2.92	4.71	1.69	2.72	1.59	1.52●	2.00
EV/EBITDA	12.69	9.30●	12.74	16.10	15.07	—	12.72
P/S	3.59	1.93●	3.37	3.77	2.79	3.95	2.95

Financial Health
Metric	SO	ELE	FTS	H	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.65	1.00	0.49	0.54	1.07	1.14●	0.78
Debt/Equity	204.7%	135.0%●	145.2%	149.2%	168.8%	—	161.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	5.20	2.06●	5.86	5.69	7.34	—	5.63

Profitability
Metric	SO	ELE	FTS	H	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
Net Margin	14.5%	11.2%	14.8%	14.8%	13.2%	30.1%●	13.6%
ROE	12.3%	26.8%●	7.4%	10.9%	7.7%	11.5%	9.6%
ROA	2.9%	6.1%●	2.4%	3.6%	2.3%	4.0%	2.8%
EBITDA Margin	47.9%	26.6%	49.0%	36.2%	36.1%	76.4%●	40.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	SO	ELE	FTS	H	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	8.3%	-1.6%	4.1%	6.4%	3.1%	35.5%●	7.9%
NI Growth	-5.3%	7.4%	4.6%	12.4%	13.5%	68.0%●	11.2%
Div. Yield	3.1%	4.0%	3.1%	2.3%	3.8%	5.3%●	3.1%
Payout	70.0%	58.9%	49.4%	58.3%	62.1%	128.5%	58.9%

Valuation
Metric	SO	DUK	AEP	NEE	D	ETR	Ind. Median
P/E	24.82	19.25●	20.36	22.32	20.87	29.44	22.18
P/B	2.92	1.80●	2.34	3.31	2.09	3.04	2.00
EV/EBITDA	12.69	11.67●	14.44	16.55	14.28	14.06	12.72
P/S	3.59	2.95●	3.36	6.48	3.47	3.96	2.95

Financial Health
Metric	SO	DUK	AEP	NEE	D	ETR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.65	0.66	0.53	0.54	0.78	0.96●	0.78
Debt/Equity	204.7%	167.5%	162.8%●	189.1%	177.6%	196.3%	161.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	5.20	5.55	5.89	5.95	6.53	5.16●	5.63

Profitability
Metric	SO	DUK	AEP	NEE	D	ETR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	14.5%	15.4%	16.5%	29.0%●	16.9%	13.6%	13.6%
ROE	12.3%	9.8%	12.4%	15.6%●	10.5%	11.0%	9.6%
ROA	2.9%	2.7%	3.3%	3.9%●	2.7%	2.5%	2.8%
EBITDA Margin	47.9%	48.2%	39.2%	61.1%●	44.7%	44.5%	40.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	SO	DUK	AEP	NEE	D	ETR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	8.3%	7.6%	8.3%	11.6%	17.9%●	11.4%	7.9%
NI Growth	-5.3%	8.5%	32.2%	48.5%●	43.8%	34.0%	11.2%
Div. Yield	3.1%	3.4%	2.8%	2.7%	3.9%●	2.2%	3.1%
Payout	70.0%	0.8%	55.5%	58.8%	77.2%	62.6%	58.9%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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