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The Southern Company (SO)

89.66
-1.17
(-1.29%)
At close: May 21 at 4:00:02 PM EDT
89.50
-0.16
(-0.18%)
After hours: May 21 at 7:55:11 PM EDT
Loading Chart for SO
  • Previous Close 90.83
  • Open 90.70
  • Bid 89.77 x 900
  • Ask 89.71 x 800
  • Day's Range 89.29 - 90.75
  • 52 Week Range 76.64 - 94.45
  • Volume 8,825,799
  • Avg. Volume 5,084,554
  • Market Cap (intraday) 98.643B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.38
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 21.50
  • EPS (TTM) 4.17
  • Earnings Date Jul 30, 2025 - Aug 4, 2025
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 2.96 (3.30%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date May 19, 2025
  • 1y Target Est 91.86

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; operates, constructs, and maintains approximately 78,500 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities; and provides gas marketing services, as well as electric services to retail customers. It also offers distributed energy and resilience solutions, and digital wireless communications and fiber optics services, as well as deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, utility customers. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

www.southerncompany.com

28,314

Full Time Employees

December 31

Fiscal Year Ends

Utilities

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Performance Overview: SO

Trailing total returns as of 5/21/2025, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .

YTD Return

SO
10.76%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
0.63%

1-Year Return

SO
16.19%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
9.83%

3-Year Return

SO
36.66%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
49.81%

5-Year Return

SO
102.40%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
98.22%

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Valuation Measures

Annual
As of 5/20/2025
  • Market Cap

    99.93B

  • Enterprise Value

    167.72B

  • Trailing P/E

    21.78

  • Forward P/E

    21.32

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

    3.88

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

    3.60

  • Price/Book (mrq)

    2.95

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

    6.02

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

    12.25

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    16.54%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    3.46%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    12.24%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    27.85B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    4.61B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    4.17

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    2.33B

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    188.38%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    407.25M

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