Basic Earnings Per Share
(in dollars)
Basic Earnings Per Share Excluding Kemper IGCC Impacts, Acquisition and Integration Costs, Equity Return Related to Kemper IGCC Schedule Extension, Southern Company Gas Earnings, net of Acquisition and Integration Costs, Acquisition Debt Financing Costs, Common Stock Share Issuances to Finance a Portion of Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. (SNG) Acquisition, MC Asset Recovery Insurance Settlements and Leveraged Lease Restructure Charge*
(in dollars)
* Not a financial measure under generally accepted accounting principles. See Glossary for additional information and specific adjustments made to this measure by year.
Return On Average Common Equity
(percent)
Dividends Per Share
(in dollars)
Operating Revenues (in millions)
$19,896
$17,489
13.8 %
Earnings (in millions)
$2,448
$2,367
3.4 %
Basic Earnings Per Share
$2.57
$2.60
(1.2)%
Diluted Earnings Per Share
$2.55
$2.59
(1.5)%
Dividends Per Share (amount paid)
$2.2225
$2.1525
3.3 %
Dividend Yield (year-end, percent)
4.5
4.6
(2.2)%
Average Shares Outstanding (in millions)
951
910
4.5 %
Return On Average Common Equity (percent)
10.80
11.68
(7.5)%
Book Value Per Share
$25.00
$22.59
10.7 %
Market Price Per Share (year-end, closing)
$49.19
$46.79
5.1 %
Total Market Value Of Common Stock (year-end, in millions)
$48,717
$42,659
14.2 %
Total Assets (in millions)
$109,697
$78,318
40.1 %
Total Kilowatt-Hour Sales (in millions)
195,641
190,989
2.4 %
Retail
160,745
160,484
0.2 %
Wholesale
34,896
30,505
14.4 %
Total mmBtu Sales (in millions)
349
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Total Utility Customers* (year-end, in thousands)
9,179
4,546
101.9 %
* 2016 total utility customers now includes customers of Southern Company Gas. These customers were not previously included in this reporting category prior to Southern Company’s acquistion of Southern Company Gas.
