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the southern co. - SO

SO

Close Chg Chg %
94.63 0.78 0.82%

Closed Market

95.41

+0.78 (0.82%)

Volume: 3.72M

Last Updated:

Mar 26, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: the southern co. - SO

SO Key Data

Open

$94.66

 Day Range

94.36 - 95.53

52 Week Range

83.09 - 100.84

 Market Cap

$105.91B

Shares Outstanding

1.12B

 Public Float

1.12B

Beta

0.43

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

24.17

 EPS

$3.94

Yield

312.86%

 Dividend

$0.74

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Feb 17, 2026

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

5.52M

  

SO Performance

1 Week
 
 1.31%
 
1 Month
 
 -2.84%
 
3 Months
 
 8.54%
 
1 Year
 
 3.82%
 
5 Years
 
 53.44%
 

SO Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 22
Full Ratings ➔

About the southern co. - SO

The Southern Co is a holding company, which engages in the generation and sale of electricity. It operates through the following segments: Traditional Electric Operating Companies, Southern Power, and Southern Company Gas. The Traditional Electric Operating Companies segment refers to vertically integrated utilities that own generation, transmission and distribution facilities, and supplies electric services in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The Southern Power segment constructs, acquires, owns, and manages generation assets such as renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market. The Southern Company Gas segment distributes natural gas through natural gas distribution facilities in the states of Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Florida, Tennessee, and Maryland. The company was founded on November 9, 1945, and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

SO At a Glance

The Southern Co.
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Phone 1-404-506-5000 Revenue 29.55B
Industry Electric Utilities Net Income 4.34B
Sector Utilities 2025 Sales Growth 10.586%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 29,800
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SO Valuation

P/E Current 24.17
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 22.277
Price to Sales Ratio 3.272
Price to Book Ratio 2.661
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 9.87
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.931
Enterprise Value to Sales 5.82
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.431

SO Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 991,711.409
Income Per Employee 145,671.141
Receivables Turnover 7.263
Total Asset Turnover 0.196

SO Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.646
Quick Ratio 0.449
Cash Ratio 0.097

SO Profitability

Gross Margin 29.807
Operating Margin 24.603
Pretax Margin 16.915
Net Margin 14.689
Return on Assets 2.885
Return on Equity 12.542
Return on Total Capital 3.943
Return on Invested Capital 4.426

SO Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 205.672
Total Debt to Total Capital 67.285
Total Debt to Total Assets 47.569
Long-Term Debt to Equity 185.851
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 60.801
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Annual Financials for The Southern Co. - SO

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
29.29B 25.25B 26.72B 29.55B
Sales Growth
+26.09% -13.78% +5.83% +10.59%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
22.22B 18.06B 18.18B 20.74B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
4.06B 4.96B 5.26B 6.03B
Depreciation
4.02B 4.92B 5.22B 6.00B
Amortization of Intangibles
39.00M 38.00M 35.00M 32.00M
COGS Growth
+33.28% -18.71% +0.68% +14.07%
Gross Income
7.07B 7.19B 8.54B 8.81B
Gross Income Growth
+7.80% +1.68% +18.75% +3.16%
Gross Profit Margin
+24.14% +28.48% +31.95% +29.81%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- - - -
-
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- - - -
-
SGA Growth
- - - -
-
Other Operating Expense
1.41B 1.43B 1.54B 1.54B
Unusual Expense
671.00M (164.00M) (111.00M) (123.00M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
4.99B 5.93B 7.11B 7.39B
Non Operating Income/Expense
920.00M 852.00M 830.00M 910.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
151.00M 144.00M 139.00M 112.00M
Interest Expense
1.69B 2.44B 2.71B 3.31B
Interest Expense Growth
-3.93% +44.46% +11.24% +21.91%
Gross Interest Expense
1.79B 2.57B 2.81B 3.44B
Interest Capitalized
103.00M 132.00M 103.00M 140.00M
Pretax Income
4.22B 4.34B 5.23B 5.00B
Pretax Income Growth
+63.94% +2.89% +20.35% -4.40%
Pretax Margin
+14.42% +17.21% +19.57% +16.92%
Income Tax
795.00M 496.00M 969.00M 828.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
37.00M 95.00M 373.00M 538.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
758.00M 401.00M 596.00M 290.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
151.00M 144.00M 139.00M 112.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
3.43B 3.85B 4.26B 4.17B
Minority Interest Expense
(107.00M) (127.00M) (141.00M) (170.00M)
Net Income
3.54B 3.98B 4.40B 4.34B
Net Income Growth
+46.80% +12.48% +10.69% -1.36%
Net Margin Growth
+12.07% +15.74% +16.47% +14.69%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
3.54B 3.98B 4.40B 4.34B
Preferred Dividends
- - - 11.00M
-
Net Income Available to Common
3.52B 3.98B 4.40B 4.34B
EPS (Basic)
3.2781 3.641 4.0155 3.9356
EPS (Basic) Growth
+45.34% +11.07% +10.29% -1.99%
Basic Shares Outstanding
1.07B 1.09B 1.10B 1.10B
EPS (Diluted)
3.2599 3.6211 3.9936 3.9143
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+45.49% +11.08% +10.29% -1.99%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
1.08B 1.10B 1.10B 1.11B
EBITDA
9.72B 10.73B 12.26B 13.30B
EBITDA Growth
+5.06% +10.38% +14.26% +8.50%
EBITDA Margin
+33.19% +42.49% +45.87% +45.01%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 101.786
Number of Ratings 22 Current Quarters Estimate 1.237
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 4.561
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.55 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 4.30 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.916
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 10 10 18 18
Mean Estimate 1.24 1.05 4.56 4.92
High Estimates 1.30 1.24 4.62 4.96
Low Estimate 1.20 0.86 4.49 4.84
Coefficient of Variance 3.09 8.89 0.70 0.55

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 5 4 5
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 13 13 17
UNDERWEIGHT 2 1 1
SELL 1 2 2
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for The Southern Co. - SO

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 11, 2026 Sterling A. Spainhour EVP & CLO 704 Discretionary transaction in accordance with Rule 16b-3(f) resulting in acq or disposition of issuer shs Non-derivative transaction at $97.64 per share 68,738.56
Mar 11, 2026 Sloane N. Drake EVP & CHRO 38,932 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $97.48 per share 3,795,091.36
Mar 11, 2026 Sloane N. Drake EVP & CHRO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 11, 2026 Sloane N. Drake EVP & CHRO 39,565 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 3, 2026 Anthony F. Earley Director 9,261 Bona fide gift 0.00
Feb 26, 2026 Matthew M. Kim Comptroller 6,888 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $95.15 per share 655,393.20
Dec 5, 2025 James Y. Kerr Chairman, President & CEO, GAS 152,952 Bona fide gift 0.00
Dec 5, 2025 James Y. Kerr Chairman, President & CEO, GAS 159,752 Bona fide gift 0.00
Jul 23, 2025 Kimberly S. Greene Chairman, President & CEO, GPC 93,661 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $95 per share 8,897,795.00
Jul 4, 2025 David E. Meador Director 6,671 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 4, 2025 Lizanne Thomas Director 5,646 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 4, 2025 Dale E. Klein Director 54,572 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 4, 2025 William G. Smith Director 154,363 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 4, 2025 Kristine L. Svinicki Director 9,362 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 3, 2025 Anthony F. Earley Director 28,465 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 3, 2025 John D. Johns Director 83,849 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 3, 2025 Donald M. James Director 197,010 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 3, 2025 David J. Grain Director 80,724 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 3, 2025 Janaki Akella Director 18,637 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 3, 2025 Shantella E. Cooper Director 29,384 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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