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Southern (SO) FY2009 results: revenue $15.7 billion, down 8.1% on the year

Southern Co. (SO) reported revenue of $15.7 billion for fiscal 2009, the year ended 31 December 2009, down 8.1% on the year before. Net income was $1.6 billion, down 5.7%, and diluted earnings per share $2.06. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 25 February 2010.

Revenue
$15.7 billion
-8.1% on the year
FY2007FY2009
Operating margin
20.8%
20.5% a year earlier
FY2007FY2009
Net income
$1.6 billion
-5.7% on the year
FY2007FY2009
Diluted EPS
$2.06
-8.4% on the year
FY2007FY2009

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2009FY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue15,74317,12715,353-8.1%
Operating income3,2683,5063,326-6.8%
Operating margin20.8%20.5%21.7%
Income tax896915835-2.1%
Net income1,6431,7421,734-5.7%
Net margin10.4%10.2%11.3%
Diluted EPS$2.06$2.25$2.28-8.4%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2009FY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow3,2633,4643,434-5.8%
Capital expenditure4,6703,9613,546+17.9%
Free cash flow-1,407-497-112
Free cash flow margin-8.9%-2.9%-0.7%
Cash from investing-4,319-4,126-3,709
Cash from financing1,329878309+51.4%
Depreciation and amortisation1,7881,7041,486+4.9%
Share-based compensation23.020.0n/a+15.0%
Dividends paid1,3691,2801,205+7.0%
Dividend per share$1.73$1.66$1.59+4.2%
Diluted shares, weighted796m775m761m+2.7%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2009FY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity15,58513,98313,092+11.5%
Short-term borrowings639953n/a-33.0%
Debt18,13116,816n/a+7.8%
Other liabilities17,69116,594n/a+6.6%
Total liabilities and equity52,04648,347n/a+7.7%
Fixed assets39,23035,878n/a+9.3%
Investments1,9631,988n/a-1.3%
Cash and equivalents690417201+65.6%
Other assets10,16310,064n/a+1.0%
Total assets52,04648,347n/a+7.7%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2009, filed 25 February 2010: the filing.