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Southern Company (SO)

Southern Company (SO)
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Company Info

Southern Company 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard N.W. Atlanta GA 30308 USA

www.southerncompany.com Employees: 28,600 P: 404-506-5000

Sector:

Utilities

Description:

Atlanta, GA-based Southern Company is one of the largest utilities in the United States. The company deals with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Southern Company serves approximately nine million customers in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and other states, through several wholesale and retail electric and natural gas distribution units, with aggregate generating capacity of 46,000 megawatts, approximately 200,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines, with more than 80,000 miles of natural gas pipelines. The company owns Southern Power and Southern Company Gas along with other direct and indirect subsidiaries. Southern Power engages in developing, owning and managing power generation assets, including nuclear energy, renewable energy projects and selling electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market.

Key Statistics

Overview:

Market Capitalization, $K 97,888,232
Enterprise Value, $K 160,304,224
Shares Outstanding, K 1,101,105
Float, K 1,099,343
% Float 99.84%
Short Interest, K 26,707
Short Float 2.43%
Days to Cover 5.28
Short Volume Ratio 0.68
% of Insider Shareholders 0.16%
% of Institutional Shareholders 64.10%

Financials:

Annual Sales, $ 26,724 M
Annual Net Income, $ 4,401 M
Last Quarter Sales, $ 7,823 M
Last Quarter Net Income, $ 1,711 M
EBIT, $ 12,675 M
EBITDA, $ 17,941 M

Growth:

1-Year Return 5.86%
3-Year Return 30.62%
5-Year Return 50.75%
5-Year Revenue Growth 24.77%
5-Year Earnings Growth 30.23%
5-Year Dividend Growth 16.26%

Per-Share Information:

Most Recent Earnings 1.60 on 10/30/25
Next Earnings Date 02/19/26
Earnings Per Share ttm 4.24
EPS Growth vs. Prev Qtr 75.82%
EPS Growth vs. Prev Year 11.89%
Annual Dividend & Yield (Paid) 2.94 (3.31%)
Annual Dividend & Yield (Fwd) 2.96 (3.33%)
Most Recent Dividend 0.740 on 11/17/25
Next Ex-Dividends Date 11/17/25
Dividend Payable Date 12/08/25
Dividend Payout Ratio 68.57%

SO Ratios

Ratio
Price/Earnings ttm 20.94
Price/Earnings forward 19.38
Price/Earnings to Growth 2.68
Return-on-Equity % 12.52%
Return-on-Assets % 3.14%
Profit Margin % 16.47%
Debt/Equity 1.89
Price/Sales 3.40
Price/Cash Flow 10.03
Price/Book 2.56
Book Value/Share 34.76
Interest Coverage 2.91
60-Month Beta 0.46

SO Dividends

Date Value
11/17/25 $0.7400
08/18/25 $0.7400
05/19/25 $0.7400
02/18/25 $0.7200
11/18/24 $0.7200
08/19/24 $0.7200
05/17/24 $0.7200
02/16/24 $0.7000
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