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 $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -0.28%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy has an analysts' consensus of $35.06 which suggests that it could fall by -4.73%. Given that CenterPoint Energy has more downside risk than Southern, 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 3.13%. CenterPoint Energy offers a yield of 2.26% 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 23.05x while CenterPoint Energy's PE ratio is 23.14x. 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 3.79x versus 2.74x for CenterPoint 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 $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -0.28%. On the other hand Consolidated Edison has an analysts' consensus of $102.43 which suggests that it could fall by -6.93%. Given that Consolidated Edison has more downside risk than Southern, 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 3.13%. Consolidated Edison offers a yield of 3.04% 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 23.05x while Consolidated Edison's PE ratio is 21.00x. 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 3.79x versus 2.50x for Consolidated Edison. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Eversource Energy has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Southern's net margin of 2.44%. Southern's return on equity of 12.19% beat Eversource Energy's return on equity of 5.46%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -0.28%. On the other hand Eversource Energy has an analysts' consensus of $69.86 which suggests that it could grow by 12.51%. Given that Eversource Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Eversource 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 Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.578, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 42.168%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.13%. Eversource Energy offers a yield of 4.67% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.75 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. Eversource Energy pays out 124.32% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Eversource Energy's is not.

Southern quarterly revenues are $6.3B, which are larger than Eversource Energy quarterly revenues of $3B. Southern's net income of $534M is higher than Eversource Energy's net income of $72.5M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.05x while Eversource Energy's PE ratio is 26.88x. 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 3.79x versus 1.87x for Eversource Energy. 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 $91.69, signalling downside risk potential of -0.28%. On the other hand Entergy has an analysts' consensus of $88.26 which suggests that it could grow by 3.03%. 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 3.13%. Entergy offers a yield of 2.72% 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 23.05x while Entergy's PE ratio is 35.18x. 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 3.79x versus 3.11x for Entergy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.