Southern (NYSE:SO) and Aqua Power Systems (OTCMKTS:APSI) Head-To-Head Analysis

Southern (NYSE:SO) and Aqua Power Systems (OTCMKTS:APSI) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Southern and Aqua Power Systems”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Southern	$26.72 billion	3.69	$3.98 billion	$4.01	22.39
Aqua Power Systems	N/A	N/A	$560,000.00	N/A	N/A

Southern has higher revenue and earnings than Aqua Power Systems.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Southern and Aqua Power Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Southern	0	9	5	0	2.36
Aqua Power Systems	0	0	0	0	0.00

Southern presently has a consensus price target of $92.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.45%. Given Southern’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southern is more favorable than Aqua Power Systems.

Risk and Volatility

Southern has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aqua Power Systems has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Southern shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Southern and Aqua Power Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Southern	16.47%	12.23%	3.11%
Aqua Power Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Southern beats Aqua Power Systems on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Southern

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Aqua Power Systems

Aqua Power Systems Inc. does not have significant operations. The company intends to engage in merger or acquisition opportunities. Previously, it was focused on the goal of developing solar energy collection farms on commercial and/or industrial buildings located on distressed, blighted, and/or underutilized commercial land in North Carolina and other southern states of the United States. The company was formerly known as NC Solar Inc. and changed its name to Aqua Power Systems Inc. in August 2014. Aqua Power Systems Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Winter Park, Florida.