Aqua Power Systems (OTCMKTS:APSI) and Southern (NYSE:SO) Head to Head Survey

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations 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 currently has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Given Southern’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Southern is more favorable than Aqua Power Systems.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Southern	$26.72 billion	3.77	$3.98 billion	$4.01	22.87
Aqua Power Systems	N/A	N/A	$560,000.00	N/A	N/A

Southern has higher revenue and earnings than Aqua Power Systems.

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

Volatility and Risk

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

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.