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 $92.53, signalling upside risk potential of 2.46%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy has an analysts' consensus of $38.00 which suggests that it could grow by 0.12%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

Southern has a beta of 0.395, which suggesting that the stock is 60.482% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.626, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 37.368%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.19%. CenterPoint Energy offers a yield of 2.19% 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 21.66x while CenterPoint Energy's PE ratio is 25.47x. 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 3.58x versus 2.76x for CenterPoint Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Consolidated Edison has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Southern's net margin of 16.49%. Southern's return on equity of 12.62% beat Consolidated Edison's return on equity of 8.53%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $92.53, signalling upside risk potential of 2.46%. On the other hand Consolidated Edison has an analysts' consensus of $107.11 which suggests that it could fall by -0.6%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than Consolidated Edison, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than Consolidated Edison.

Southern has a beta of 0.395, which suggesting that the stock is 60.482% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.292, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 70.85%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.19%. Consolidated Edison offers a yield of 3.1% 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 $7.8B, which are larger than Consolidated Edison quarterly revenues of $4.8B. Southern's net income of $1.3B is higher than Consolidated Edison's net income of $791M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 21.66x while Consolidated Edison's PE ratio is 19.92x. 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 3.58x versus 2.38x for Consolidated Edison. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Entergy has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Southern's net margin of 12.73%. Southern's return on equity of 12.62% beat Entergy's return on equity of 9%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $92.53, signalling upside risk potential of 2.46%. On the other hand Entergy has an analysts' consensus of $89.49 which suggests that it could grow by 7.42%. Given that Entergy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Entergy is more attractive than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.395, which suggesting that the stock is 60.482% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Entergy has a beta of 0.621, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 37.924%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.19%. Entergy offers a yield of 2.84% 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 $7.8B, which are larger than Entergy quarterly revenues of $2.8B. Southern's net income of $1.3B is higher than Entergy's net income of $362.4M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 21.66x while Entergy's PE ratio is 27.05x. 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 3.58x versus 3.03x for Entergy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NRG Energy has a net margin of 17.16% compared to Southern's net margin of 9.43%. Southern's return on equity of 12.62% beat NRG Energy's return on equity of 37.95%.

Southern has a consensus price target of $92.53, signalling upside risk potential of 2.46%. On the other hand NRG Energy has an analysts' consensus of $115.81 which suggests that it could fall by -3.77%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than NRG Energy, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than NRG Energy.

Southern has a beta of 0.395, which suggesting that the stock is 60.482% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NRG Energy has a beta of 1.005, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 0.471%.

Southern has a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.19%. NRG Energy offers a yield of 1.41% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share. Southern pays 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. NRG Energy pays out 36% 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 NRG Energy quarterly revenues of $6.8B. Southern's net income of $1.3B is higher than NRG Energy's net income of $643M. Notably, Southern's price-to-earnings ratio is 21.66x while NRG Energy's PE ratio is 24.76x. 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 3.58x versus 0.90x for NRG Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.