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Southern Company to Divest Pivotal Home Solutions for $365M
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The Southern Company (SO - Free Report) recently agreed to divest Pivotal Home Solutions for $365 million in cash, through its subsidiary, Southern Company Gas to American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK - Free Report) . The deal includes the estimated working capital related to Pivotal Home Solutions' daily operations.
Pivotal Home Solutions is part of Southern Company Gas' operations, which serves around 4.6 million clients as of Mar 22, 2018. Pivotal Home Solutions is a home warranty business, currently running in 18 states, including 1.2 million client contracts. The deal is expected to be over by the second quarter of 2018, after which Pivotal Home Solutions will keep operating from its Naperville, IL headquarters, joining the acquirer’s Homeowner Services portfolio.
American Water — the largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company in the United States — expects to fund the transaction by 2.23 million common stock offering.
About Southern Company
Atlanta, GA-based Southern Company is one of the largest utilities in the United States. It boasts of a generating capacity of 46,000 megawatts, around 200,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines and more than 80,000 miles of natural gas pipelines. Southern Company’s operations include wholesale electricity generation and natural gas services, retail energy services and natural gas storage operations throughout the country.
Price Performance
Southern Company has lost 10.5% last year compared with 3.3% decline of its industry.
Hong Kong-based CNOOC is an integrated energy company. Its revenues for 2018 are anticipated to improve 51.3% year over year, while its bottom line is expected to increase 80.8%.
Oklahoma City, OK-based Continental Resources is an oil and gas exploration and production company. Its revenues for first-quarter 2018 are estimated to soar 55.7% from the year-ago quarter’s figure. For 2018, the bottom line is likely to be up 370.6%.
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Southern Company to Divest Pivotal Home Solutions for $365M
The Southern Company (SO - Free Report) recently agreed to divest Pivotal Home Solutions for $365 million in cash, through its subsidiary, Southern Company Gas to American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK - Free Report) . The deal includes the estimated working capital related to Pivotal Home Solutions' daily operations.
Pivotal Home Solutions is part of Southern Company Gas' operations, which serves around 4.6 million clients as of Mar 22, 2018. Pivotal Home Solutions is a home warranty business, currently running in 18 states, including 1.2 million client contracts. The deal is expected to be over by the second quarter of 2018, after which Pivotal Home Solutions will keep operating from its Naperville, IL headquarters, joining the acquirer’s Homeowner Services portfolio.
American Water — the largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company in the United States — expects to fund the transaction by 2.23 million common stock offering.
About Southern Company
Atlanta, GA-based Southern Company is one of the largest utilities in the United States. It boasts of a generating capacity of 46,000 megawatts, around 200,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines and more than 80,000 miles of natural gas pipelines. Southern Company’s operations include wholesale electricity generation and natural gas services, retail energy services and natural gas storage operations throughout the country.
Price Performance
Southern Company has lost 10.5% last year compared with 3.3% decline of its industry.
Zacks Rank and Stocks to Consider
Southern Company has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
Some better-ranked stocks in the oil and energy sector are CNOOC Limited (CEO - Free Report) and Continental Resources, Inc. , each sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Hong Kong-based CNOOC is an integrated energy company. Its revenues for 2018 are anticipated to improve 51.3% year over year, while its bottom line is expected to increase 80.8%.
Oklahoma City, OK-based Continental Resources is an oil and gas exploration and production company. Its revenues for first-quarter 2018 are estimated to soar 55.7% from the year-ago quarter’s figure. For 2018, the bottom line is likely to be up 370.6%.
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It's hard to believe, even for us at Zacks. But while the market gained +21.9% in 2017, our top stock-picking screens have returned +115.0%, +109.3%, +104.9%, +98.6%, and +67.1%.
And this outperformance has not just been a recent phenomenon. Over the years it has been remarkably consistent. From 2000 - 2017, the composite yearly average gain for these strategies has beaten the market more than 19X over. Maybe even more remarkable is the fact that we're willing to share their latest stocks with you without cost or obligation.
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