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Charles Fishman
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Utilities' Valuations Reach Another Peak, but Yield Paradox Persists

U.S. utilities' valuations reached a 14-month high this week when the median price/fair value ratio hit 1.17 for the 40 U.S. utilities in Morningstar's coverage.
This is the highest median P/FV ratio for U.S. utilities since the all-time peak of 1.21 in July 2016. Other valuation metrics such as price/earnings (22) and price/book (2.1) for U.S. utilities also hit 2017 highs this week and are approaching peak levels from mid-2016. Morningstar's U.S. Utilities Sector Total Return Index also hit a...
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Southern Company

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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