Stock · SO · Utilities
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1981 · Revenue 12 mo. $30.2B
Price as of 11/06/2026
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of electricity.
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of electricity. The company offers electric service to retail customers and wholesale customers; and energy-related products and services to natural gas choice markets. It also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, operates, and manages power generation assets, as well as battery energy storage projects; sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market; and deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers. In addition, the company is involved in the distribution of natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; distributes energy and resilience solutions; and invests in telecommunications. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Summary
51.1 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
Price to operating cash flow 10.3×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 10.1× to 11.8×, median 10.8×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, Net debt, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 12.05% | 9.62% | Rank 73 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 6.24% | 6.41% | Rank 47 |
| EBIT margin | 24.60% | 19.18% | Rank 73 |
| FCF margin | −9.93% | −1.66% | Rank 32 |
| Gross margin | 29.81% | 29.12% | Rank 53 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 10.59% | 4.81% | Rank 75 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 6.18% | 7.55% | Rank 44 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 5.73% | 6.85% | Rank 42 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 43.10% | 28.08% | Rank 65 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 4.24% | 4.89% | Rank 39 |
| FCF yield | −2.77% | −0.91% | Rank 42 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 6.04 | 4.63 | Rank 32 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 24.54 | 21.24 | Rank 28 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −8.02% | −1.83% | Rank 34 |
| Share price, 6 months | 1.07% | 0.12% | Rank 55 |
| Share price, 3 months | 4.75% | 6.83% | Rank 34 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −6.83% | −9.51% | Rank 62 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 5.65% | 3.91% | Rank 31 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.54% | 0.35% | Rank 48 |
| Dividend streak in years | 35 | 8 | Rank 94 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 4.20% | 0.04% | Rank 99 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 23.13% | 28.29% | Rank 29 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 5.05 | 5.05 | Rank 50 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 2.06 | 1.51 | Rank 26 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 17.89% | 22.48% | Rank 75 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19.9 | 22.6% | −$2.4B | 990M | 45.5 |
| 2017 | 23.0 | 10.1% | −$1.0B | 1.01B | 48.7 |
| 2018 | 23.5 | 17.8% | −$1.1B | 1.03B | 45.5 |
| 2019 | 21.4 | 36.1% | −$1.8B | 1.05B | 46.7 |
| 2020 | 20.4 | 24.0% | −$745.0M | 1.06B | 50.0 |
| 2021 | 23.1 | 16.0% | −$1.1B | 1.06B | 53.7 |
| 2022 | 29.3 | 18.3% | −$1.6B | 1.08B | 57.2 |
| 2023 | 25.3 | 23.1% | −$1.5B | 1.10B | 62.7 |
| 2024 | 26.7 | 26.5% | $833.0M | 1.10B | 65.2 |
| 2025 | 29.6 | 24.6% | −$2.9B | 1.11B | 72.4 |
1 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Southern Company mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Southern Company is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
1 of 7 rules met
1 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Southern Company.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 23.6 | 19.8 |
| P/B ratio | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 12.1% | 9.6% |
| Equity ratio | 23.1% | 28.3% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 2.06 | 1.51 |
| Dividend yield | 3.2% | 3.3% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| SO | Southern Companythis page | |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporation | Low2.7 |
| AEP | American Electric Power Co Inc | Medium5.5 |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | Low1.8 |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | locked |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | locked |
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