SO Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

CenterPoint Energy has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Southern's net margin of 10.96%. Southern's return on equity of 12.19% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.95%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.29, signalling upside risk potential of 0.14%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy has an analysts' consensus of $35.74 which suggests that it could fall by -4%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

Southern has a beta of 0.386, which suggesting that the stock is 61.409% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.647, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.326%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.16%. CenterPoint Energy offers a yield of 2.23% 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 $6.3B, which are larger than CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues of $2.3B. Southern's net income of $534M is higher than CenterPoint Energy's net income of $248M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.85x while CenterPoint Energy's PE ratio is 23.42x. 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 3.76x versus 2.78x for CenterPoint Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Duke Energy has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Southern's net margin of 16.37%. Southern's return on equity of 12.19% beat Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.94%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.29, signalling upside risk potential of 0.14%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $124.33 which suggests that it could grow by 3.09%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.386, which suggesting that the stock is 61.409% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.387, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.348%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.16%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.45% 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 $6.3B, which are smaller than Duke Energy quarterly revenues of $7.4B. Southern's net income of $534M is lower than Duke Energy's net income of $1.2B. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.85x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 21.12x. 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 3.76x versus 3.07x for Duke Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Consolidated Edison has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Southern's net margin of 8.45%. Southern's return on equity of 12.19% beat Consolidated Edison's return on equity of 8.41%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.29, signalling upside risk potential of 0.14%. On the other hand Consolidated Edison has an analysts' consensus of $103.30 which suggests that it could fall by -7.97%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than Consolidated Edison, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than Consolidated Edison.

Southern has a beta of 0.386, which suggesting that the stock is 61.409% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.267, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 73.338%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.16%. Consolidated Edison offers a yield of 2.98% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.85 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. Consolidated Edison pays out 60.44% 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 $6.3B, which are larger than Consolidated Edison quarterly revenues of $3.7B. Southern's net income of $534M is higher than Consolidated Edison's net income of $310M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.85x while Consolidated Edison's PE ratio is 21.42x. 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 3.76x versus 2.55x for Consolidated Edison. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Entergy has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Southern's net margin of 10.47%. Southern's return on equity of 12.19% beat Entergy's return on equity of 7.14%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.29, signalling upside risk potential of 0.14%. On the other hand Entergy has an analysts' consensus of $89.01 which suggests that it could grow by 7.78%. Given that Entergy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Entergy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.386, which suggesting that the stock is 61.409% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Entergy has a beta of 0.560, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 43.975%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.16%. Entergy offers a yield of 2.82% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. Entergy pays out 94.23% 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 $6.3B, which are larger than Entergy quarterly revenues of $2.7B. Southern's net income of $534M is higher than Entergy's net income of $287.2M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.85x while Entergy's PE ratio is 33.91x. 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 3.76x versus 3.00x for Entergy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.