SO Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

DTE Energy has a net margin of 21.1% compared to Southern's net margin of 16.41%. Southern's return on equity of 13.18% beat DTE Energy's return on equity of 13.72%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.33, signalling upside risk potential of 10.22%. On the other hand DTE Energy has an analysts' consensus of $136.89 which suggests that it could grow by 13.91%. Given that DTE Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe DTE Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.507, which suggesting that the stock is 49.333% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison DTE Energy has a beta of 0.677, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 32.256%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. DTE Energy offers a yield of 3.45% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.09 per share. Southern pays 76.33% of its earnings as a dividend. DTE Energy pays out 53.83% 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 $7.3B, which are larger than DTE Energy quarterly revenues of $2.9B. Southern's net income of $1.5B is higher than DTE Energy's net income of $477M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.31x while DTE Energy's PE ratio is 16.28x. 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 3.45x versus 2.00x for DTE Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Duke Energy has a net margin of 21.1% compared to Southern's net margin of 15.71%. Southern's return on equity of 13.18% beat Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.52%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.33, signalling upside risk potential of 10.22%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $123.89 which suggests that it could grow by 14.42%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.507, which suggesting that the stock is 49.333% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.476, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 52.439%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.82% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share. Southern pays 76.33% of its earnings as a dividend. Duke Energy pays out 114.19% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Duke Energy's is not.

Southern quarterly revenues are $7.3B, which are smaller than Duke Energy quarterly revenues of $8.2B. Southern's net income of $1.5B is higher than Duke Energy's net income of $1.3B. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.31x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 19.90x. 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 3.45x versus 2.77x for Duke Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NextEra Energy has a net margin of 21.1% compared to Southern's net margin of 24.48%. Southern's return on equity of 13.18% beat NextEra Energy's return on equity of 11.88%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.33, signalling upside risk potential of 10.22%. On the other hand NextEra Energy has an analysts' consensus of $87.15 which suggests that it could grow by 21.59%. Given that NextEra Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe NextEra Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.507, which suggesting that the stock is 49.333% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.561, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 43.93%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. NextEra Energy offers a yield of 2.87% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.52 per share. Southern pays 76.33% of its earnings as a dividend. NextEra Energy pays out 51.74% 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 $7.3B, which are smaller than NextEra Energy quarterly revenues of $7.6B. Southern's net income of $1.5B is lower than NextEra Energy's net income of $1.9B. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.31x while NextEra Energy's PE ratio is 21.21x. 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 3.45x versus 5.62x for NextEra Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NRG Energy has a net margin of 21.1% compared to Southern's net margin of -10.62%. Southern's return on equity of 13.18% beat NRG Energy's return on equity of 30.38%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.33, signalling upside risk potential of 10.22%. On the other hand NRG Energy has an analysts' consensus of $98.64 which suggests that it could grow by 9.06%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than NRG Energy, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than NRG Energy.

Southern has a beta of 0.507, which suggesting that the stock is 49.333% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NRG Energy has a beta of 1.122, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 12.152%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.43%. NRG Energy offers a yield of 1.8% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share. Southern pays 76.33% of its earnings as a dividend. NRG Energy pays out -188.61% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Southern quarterly revenues are $7.3B, which are larger than NRG Energy quarterly revenues of $7.2B. Southern's net income of $1.5B is higher than NRG Energy's net income of -$767M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.31x while NRG Energy's PE ratio is 23.13x. 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 3.45x versus 0.69x for NRG Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.