SO Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

CenterPoint Energy has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Southern's net margin of 10.17%. Southern's return on equity of 12.62% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.2%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $93.76, signalling upside risk potential of 0.5%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy has an analysts' consensus of $38.65 which suggests that it could grow by 7.1%. Given that CenterPoint Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe CenterPoint Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.383, which suggesting that the stock is 61.683% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.575, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 42.508%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.74 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.11%. CenterPoint Energy offers a yield of 2.36% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. CenterPoint Energy pays out 51.23% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southern quarterly revenues are $7.8B, which are larger than CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues of $2.9B. Southern's net income of $1.3B is higher than CenterPoint Energy's net income of $297M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.37x while CenterPoint Energy's PE ratio is 24.22x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southern is 3.69x versus 2.62x for CenterPoint Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Dominion Energy has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Southern's net margin of 15.85%. Southern's return on equity of 12.62% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity of 7.33%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $93.76, signalling upside risk potential of 0.5%. On the other hand Dominion Energy has an analysts' consensus of $58.28 which suggests that it could grow by 1.95%. Given that Dominion Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Dominion Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.383, which suggesting that the stock is 61.683% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.560, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 44.026%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.74 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.11%. Dominion Energy offers a yield of 4.67% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.67 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. Dominion Energy pays out 105.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Dominion Energy's is not.

Southern quarterly revenues are $7.8B, which are larger than Dominion Energy quarterly revenues of $4.1B. Southern's net income of $1.3B is higher than Dominion Energy's net income of $646M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.37x while Dominion Energy's PE ratio is 21.41x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southern is 3.69x versus 3.23x for Dominion Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Duke Energy has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Southern's net margin of 16.72%. Southern's return on equity of 12.62% beat Duke Energy's return on equity of 9.35%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $93.76, signalling upside risk potential of 0.5%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $127.48 which suggests that it could grow by 8.22%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.383, which suggesting that the stock is 61.683% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.371, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 62.946%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.74 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.11%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.55% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. Duke Energy pays out 71.02% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southern quarterly revenues are $7.8B, which are smaller than Duke Energy quarterly revenues of $8.2B. Southern's net income of $1.3B is lower than Duke Energy's net income of $1.4B. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.37x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 19.53x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southern is 3.69x versus 2.95x for Duke Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NextEra Energy has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Southern's net margin of 13.33%. Southern's return on equity of 12.62% beat NextEra Energy's return on equity of 9.2%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $93.76, signalling upside risk potential of 0.5%. On the other hand NextEra Energy has an analysts' consensus of $80.46 which suggests that it could grow by 7.61%. Given that NextEra Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe NextEra Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.383, which suggesting that the stock is 61.683% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.672, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 32.849%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.74 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.11%. NextEra Energy offers a yield of 2.89% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. NextEra Energy pays out 60.97% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southern quarterly revenues are $7.8B, which are larger than NextEra Energy quarterly revenues of $6.2B. Southern's net income of $1.3B is higher than NextEra Energy's net income of $833M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.37x while NextEra Energy's PE ratio is 28.00x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Southern is 3.69x versus 6.10x for NextEra Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.