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Southern Co (WBO:SOUT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 12, 2025)


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What is Southern Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Southern Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Southern Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Southern Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Southern Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Southern Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Southern Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Southern Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Southern Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Southern Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Southern Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Southern Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.994/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.994

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Southern Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.051 100.684 0.068
201509 1.690 100.392 2.271
201512 -0.999 99.792 -1.351
201603 -0.968 100.470 -1.300
201606 -0.333 101.688 -0.442
201609 0.356 101.861 0.472
201612 -1.388 101.863 -1.839
201703 -0.554 102.862 -0.727
201706 -0.058 103.349 -0.076
201709 0.553 104.136 0.717
201712 -0.862 104.011 -1.118
201803 -0.217 105.290 -0.278
201806 -0.252 106.317 -0.320
201809 0.301 106.507 0.381
201812 -0.718 105.998 -0.914
201903 -0.791 107.251 -0.995
201906 -0.031 108.070 -0.039
201909 0.374 108.329 0.466
201912 -1.048 108.420 -1.304
202003 -0.565 108.902 -0.700
202006 0.260 108.767 0.323
202009 0.168 109.815 0.206
202012 -0.462 109.897 -0.567
202103 -0.344 111.754 -0.415
202106 -0.034 114.631 -0.040
202109 0.270 115.734 0.315
202112 -1.054 117.630 -1.209
202203 0.147 121.301 0.164
202206 0.170 125.017 0.183
202209 -0.790 125.227 -0.851
202212 -0.978 125.222 -1.054
202303 -0.856 127.348 -0.907
202306 0.007 128.729 0.007
202309 0.151 129.860 0.157
202312 -0.602 129.419 -0.628
202403 -0.384 131.776 -0.393
202406 0.475 132.554 0.484
202409 1.066 133.029 1.081
202412 -0.499 133.157 -0.506
202503 -0.994 134.927 -0.994

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Southern Co  (WBO:SOUT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Southern Co Business Description

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30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, Northwest, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30308
Southern is one of the largest utilities in the US. The company serves 9 million customers with vertically integrated electric utilities in three states and natural gas distribution utilities in four states. It owns 50 gigawatts of rate-regulated generating capacity, primarily for serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Subsidiary Southern Power owns 13 gigawatts of natural gas generation and renewable energy across the U.S. and sells the electricity primarily under long-term contracts.

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