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SO's free cash flow for Q1 2025 was $0.48. For the 2025 fiscal year, SO's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $0.29. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.

Ratios	TTM	Dec 24	Dec 23	Dec 22	Dec 21
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio	0.86	0.77	0.66	0.82	0.71
Quick Ratio	0.64	0.53	0.49	0.61	0.51
Cash Ratio	0.17	0.06	0.12	0.16	0.09
Solvency Ratio	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.08
Operating Cash Flow Ratio	0.71	0.56	0.40	0.56	0.55
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage	1.71	1.58	0.91	1.72	1.63
Net Current Asset Value	$ -99.07B	$ -93.67B	$ -89.94B	$ -86.00B	$ -81.79B
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio	0.47	0.46	0.44	0.43	0.42
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	2.07	2.02	1.94	1.97	1.81
Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.67	0.67	0.66	0.66	0.64
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.65	0.64	0.62	0.64	0.61
Financial Leverage Ratio	4.38	4.43	4.44	4.53	4.35
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	1.48	1.56	1.03	1.48	1.48
Interest Coverage Ratio	2.63	2.38	2.66	2.01	2.68
Debt to Market Cap	0.67	0.81	0.75	0.74	0.73
Interest Debt Per Share	66.28	60.38	56.89	54.01	48.10
Net Debt to EBITDA	4.99	5.34	5.74	6.46	5.43
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin	45.42%	46.36%	36.96%	43.53%	48.57%
EBIT Margin	29.49%	26.86%	20.19%	18.74%	25.99%
EBITDA Margin	48.75%	46.51%	34.05%	35.97%	45.14%
Operating Profit Margin	26.38%	23.07%	18.34%	16.00%	23.98%
Pretax Profit Margin	19.69%	17.21%	14.42%	11.15%	17.16%
Net Profit Margin	16.54%	15.74%	12.07%	10.42%	15.38%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin	16.01%	15.24%	11.71%	9.99%	15.23%
Net Income Per EBT	83.97%	91.51%	83.71%	93.48%	89.65%
EBT Per EBIT	74.65%	74.58%	78.64%	69.66%	71.57%
Return on Assets (ROA)	3.11%	2.85%	2.62%	1.89%	2.55%
Return on Equity (ROE)	13.87%	12.64%	11.63%	8.55%	11.09%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	5.47%	4.63%	4.51%	3.17%	4.41%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	4.26%	3.94%	3.45%	2.75%	3.76%
Return on Tangible Assets	3.23%	2.97%	2.73%	1.98%	2.67%
Earnings Yield	4.52%	5.19%	4.60%	3.31%	4.64%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover	6.52	6.37	7.88	7.80	6.11
Payables Turnover	4.91	4.67	5.24	6.02	3.73
Inventory Turnover	4.98	4.04	6.90	5.54	4.21
Fixed Asset Turnover	0.26	0.25	0.30	0.25	0.23
Asset Turnover	0.19	0.18	0.22	0.18	0.17
Working Capital Turnover Ratio	-7.68	-6.05	-8.06	-8.53	-6.58
Cash Conversion Cycle	55.05	69.51	29.56	51.98	48.67
Days of Sales Outstanding	56.01	57.28	46.32	46.78	59.74
Days of Inventory Outstanding	73.33	90.33	52.94	65.86	86.67
Days of Payables Outstanding	74.29	78.09	69.71	60.66	97.75
Operating Cycle	129.34	147.61	99.26	112.63	146.41
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share	8.84	6.92	5.86	5.81	6.09
Free Cash Flow Per Share	-0.04	-1.41	-1.51	-1.01	-0.68
CapEx Per Share	8.88	8.33	7.37	6.82	6.77
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow	>-0.01	-0.20	-0.26	-0.17	-0.11
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio	0.76	0.62	0.58	0.62	0.66
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio	1.00	0.83	0.80	0.85	0.90
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.13
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio	0.35	0.30	0.22	0.27	0.33
Free Cash Flow Yield	-0.04%	-2.01%	-2.11%	-1.47%	-1.10%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio	22.13	19.26	21.72	30.22	21.54
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio	3.66	3.03	2.62	3.15	3.31
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio	3.01	2.44	2.52	2.58	2.39
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio	-2.61K	-49.66	-47.36	-67.94	-90.62
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio	10.48	10.14	12.18	11.80	10.08
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio	4.94	1.75	0.48	-1.52	-0.57
Price-to-Fair Value	3.01	2.44	2.52	2.58	2.39
Enterprise Value Multiple	12.49	11.86	13.44	15.21	12.77
Enterprise Value	169.65B	139.31B	133.98B	126.44B	117.49B
EV to EBITDA	12.49	11.86	13.44	15.21	12.77
EV to Sales	6.09	5.52	4.58	5.47	5.77
EV to Free Cash Flow	-4.35K	-90.35	-82.65	-118.05	-157.70
EV to Operating Cash Flow	17.44	18.44	21.26	20.50	17.55
Tangible Book Value Per Share	28.85	27.19	26.94	25.30	24.35
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share	30.76	28.79	28.29	26.54	25.72
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate	0.19	0.11	0.19	0.10	0.11
Revenue Per Share	25.32	23.13	27.24	21.78	18.54
Net Income Per Share	4.19	3.64	3.29	2.27	2.85
Tax Burden	0.84	0.92	0.84	0.93	0.90
Interest Burden	0.67	0.64	0.71	0.59	0.66
Research & Development to Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SG&A to Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Income Quality	2.17	1.90	1.84	2.67	2.16

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