SO Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

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 $90.75, signalling upside risk potential of 11.92%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $123.48 which suggests that it could grow by 15.61%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.521, which suggesting that the stock is 47.885% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.490, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 51.021%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.5%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.88% 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 18.90x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 19.63x. 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 3.38x versus 2.73x 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 $90.75, signalling upside risk potential of 11.92%. On the other hand NextEra Energy has an analysts' consensus of $86.65 which suggests that it could grow by 23.02%. Given that NextEra Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe NextEra Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.521, which suggesting that the stock is 47.885% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.576, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 42.369%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.5%. NextEra Energy offers a yield of 2.93% 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 18.90x while NextEra Energy's PE ratio is 20.84x. 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 3.38x versus 5.52x for NextEra Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NextEra Energy Partners LP has a net margin of 21.1% compared to Southern's net margin of -12.54%. Southern's return on equity of 13.18% beat NextEra Energy Partners LP's return on equity of 1.46%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $90.75, signalling upside risk potential of 11.92%. On the other hand NextEra Energy Partners LP has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 15.53%. Given that NextEra Energy Partners LP has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe NextEra Energy Partners LP is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.521, which suggesting that the stock is 47.885% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NextEra Energy Partners LP has a beta of 1.054, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 5.449%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.5%. NextEra Energy Partners LP offers a yield of 19.05% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.92 per share. Southern pays 76.33% of its earnings as a dividend. NextEra Energy Partners LP pays out 370.5% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but NextEra Energy Partners LP's is not.

Southern quarterly revenues are $7.3B, which are larger than NextEra Energy Partners LP quarterly revenues of $319M. Southern's net income of $1.5B is higher than NextEra Energy Partners LP's net income of -$40M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 18.90x while NextEra Energy Partners LP's PE ratio is 8.66x. 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 3.38x versus 1.51x for NextEra Energy Partners LP. 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 $90.75, signalling upside risk potential of 11.92%. On the other hand NRG Energy has an analysts' consensus of $97.11 which suggests that it could grow by 1.98%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than NRG Energy, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than NRG Energy.

Southern has a beta of 0.521, which suggesting that the stock is 47.885% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NRG Energy has a beta of 1.147, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 14.724%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.5%. NRG Energy offers a yield of 1.69% 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 18.90x while NRG Energy's PE ratio is 24.74x. 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 3.38x versus 0.74x for NRG Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.