Entergy vs Southern
ETR and SO side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ETR and SO compare
Southern is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as Entergy ($108B against $51.4B).
On earnings, Southern is cheaper: it trades at 22.6× trailing earnings, against 28.2× for Entergy.
Entergy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.5% versus 6.4% for Southern).
Both pay dividends: Entergy yields 2.3% and Southern 3.2%.
Southern scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 5 for Entergy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ETR | SO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $51.4B | $108B |
| Share price | $110.11 | $93.71 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.3% | 0.21% |
| Change, 5 years | 111% | 48.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.43 | 0.23 |
| Employees | 12K | 30K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.2× | 22.6× (better) |
| P/S | 3.8× | 3.6× (better) |
| P/B | 2.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.1× | 13.2× (better) |
| PEG | 2.10 (better) | 3.57 |
| FCF yield | −5.8% | −3.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $78.92 | $83.91 |
| Margin of safety | −39.5% | −11.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.5% (better) | 6.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | 7.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 8.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −3.0% | 7.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 2.5% | 6.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 22.9% | 24.2% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 15.4% |
| FCF margin | −22.0% | −10.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.90 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.65 | 5.32 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.91 (better) | 0.79 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.03 (better) | 0.85 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 3.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 66.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 11 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.5% (better) | 3.0% |
| Buyback yield | −2.6% (better) | −3.9% |
| Shareholder yield | −0.30% (better) | −0.65% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.0% | 72.6% |
| Held by insiders | 0.23% | 0.12% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$12.1M | −$5.6M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.8% | – |
Go deeper
- ETR stock overview
- ETR income statement
- ETR valuation and score
- SO stock overview
- SO income statement
- SO valuation and score
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