Southern could have sights set on further mergers and acquisitions to fuel growth.
We expect to maintain our $48 fair value estimate and stable, narrow moat rating for Southern after the company announced second-quarter earnings per share of $0.74, a modest tick up from year-ago EPS of $0.71. These figures exclude costs to complete the acquisition of AGL Resources--which was finalized in early July--and PowerSecure. Southern affirmed full-year EPS guidance of $2.76-$2.88--also excluding costs for acquisitions, which should include the Kinder Pipeline transaction--in line with ...Southern is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, and Mississippi Power Company, the company is engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, and purchase of electricity and the sale of electric service in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. The company's Southern Power Company subsidiary develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects, and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. The company's Southern Company Gas subsidiary is an energy services holding company whose primary business is the distribution of natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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