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the southern co. - SO

SO

Close Chg Chg %
91.12 0.79 0.87%

Closed Market

91.91

+0.79 (0.87%)

Volume: 6.34M

Last Updated:

Mar 31, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: the southern co. - SO

SO Key Data

Open

$91.53

 Day Range

91.09 - 92.69

52 Week Range

67.53 - 94.45

 Market Cap

$99.95B

Shares Outstanding

1.10B

 Public Float

1.09B

Beta

0.45

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

22.82

 EPS

$4.02

Yield

316.03%

 Dividend

$0.72

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Feb 18, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

4.99M

  

SO Performance

1 Week
 
 0.00%
 
1 Month
 
 1.49%
 
3 Months
 
 10.70%
 
1 Year
 
 27.03%
 
5 Years
 
 81.28%
 

SO Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 19
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 26.72B
Industry Electric Utilities Net Income 4.40B
Sector Utilities 2024 Sales Growth 5.825%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 28,600
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SO Valuation

P/E Current 22.301
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 20.613
Price to Sales Ratio 3.395
Price to Book Ratio 2.719
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 9.268
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.002
Enterprise Value to Sales 5.964
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.416

SO Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 934,405.594
Income Per Employee 153,881.119
Receivables Turnover 6.231
Total Asset Turnover 0.188

SO Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.669
Quick Ratio 0.458
Cash Ratio 0.067

SO Profitability

Gross Margin 31.953
Operating Margin 26.19
Pretax Margin 19.567
Net Margin 16.468
Return on Assets 3.094
Return on Equity 13.614
Return on Total Capital 4.424
Return on Invested Capital 4.805

SO Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 199.581
Total Debt to Total Capital 66.62
Total Debt to Total Assets 45.652
Long-Term Debt to Equity 180.743
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 60.332
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Annual Financials for The Southern Co. - SO

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
23.23B 29.29B 25.25B 26.72B
Sales Growth
+14.77% +26.09% -13.78% +5.83%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
16.67B 22.22B 18.06B 18.18B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
3.98B 4.06B 4.96B 5.26B
Depreciation
3.94B 4.02B 4.92B 5.22B
Amortization of Intangibles
44.00M 39.00M 38.00M 35.00M
COGS Growth
+19.33% +33.28% -18.71% +0.68%
Gross Income
6.56B 7.07B 7.19B 8.54B
Gross Income Growth
+4.61% +7.80% +1.68% +18.75%
Gross Profit Margin
+28.24% +24.14% +28.48% +31.95%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- - - -
-
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- - - -
-
SGA Growth
- - - -
-
Other Operating Expense
1.29B 1.41B 1.43B 1.54B
Unusual Expense
1.82B 671.00M (164.00M) (111.00M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
3.45B 4.99B 5.93B 7.11B
Non Operating Income/Expense
883.00M 920.00M 852.00M 830.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
76.00M 151.00M 144.00M 139.00M
Interest Expense
1.76B 1.69B 2.44B 2.71B
Interest Expense Growth
-2.39% -3.93% +44.46% +11.24%
Gross Interest Expense
1.85B 1.79B 2.57B 2.81B
Interest Capitalized
92.00M 103.00M 132.00M 103.00M
Pretax Income
2.58B 4.22B 4.34B 5.23B
Pretax Income Growth
-26.32% +63.94% +2.89% +20.35%
Pretax Margin
+11.09% +14.42% +17.21% +19.57%
Income Tax
267.00M 795.00M 496.00M 969.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 37.00M 95.00M 373.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- 758.00M 401.00M 596.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
76.00M 151.00M 144.00M 139.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
2.31B 3.43B 3.85B 4.26B
Minority Interest Expense
(99.00M) (107.00M) (127.00M) (141.00M)
Net Income
2.41B 3.54B 3.98B 4.40B
Net Income Growth
-23.17% +46.80% +12.48% +10.69%
Net Margin Growth
+10.37% +12.07% +15.74% +16.47%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
2.41B 3.54B 3.98B 4.40B
Preferred Dividends
- - 15.00M 11.00M
-
Net Income Available to Common
2.39B 3.52B 3.98B 4.40B
EPS (Basic)
2.2554 3.2781 3.641 4.0155
EPS (Basic) Growth
-20.12% +45.34% +11.07% +10.29%
Basic Shares Outstanding
1.06B 1.07B 1.09B 1.10B
EPS (Diluted)
2.2406 3.2599 3.6211 3.9936
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-20.64% +45.49% +11.08% +10.29%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
1.07B 1.08B 1.10B 1.10B
EBITDA
9.25B 9.72B 10.73B 12.26B
EBITDA Growth
+3.50% +5.06% +10.38% +14.26%
EBITDA Margin
+39.83% +33.19% +42.49% +45.87%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 92.429
Number of Ratings 19 Current Quarters Estimate 1.085
FY Report Date 06 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 4.288
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.184 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 4.05 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.572
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 9 9 16 16
Mean Estimate 1.08 1.52 4.29 4.57
High Estimates 1.16 1.90 4.40 4.77
Low Estimate 0.95 1.40 4.25 4.50
Coefficient of Variance 6.09 9.87 0.99 1.39

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 5 5 8
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 11 13 13
UNDERWEIGHT 2 1 1
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Hold Hold Overweight

Insider Actions for The Southern Co. - SO

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 11, 2025 Sloane N. Drake EVP & CHRO 1,275 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 11, 2025 Sloane N. Drake EVP & CHRO 24,457 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 $91.4 per share 2,235,369.80
Mar 11, 2025 Sloane N. Drake EVP & CHRO 25,070 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 11, 2025 Kimberly S. Greene Chairman, President & CEO, GPC 106,819 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $93.12 per share 9,946,985.28
Feb 27, 2025 Christopher C. Womack Chairman, President & CEO 112,128 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $90 per share 10,091,520.00
Feb 21, 2025 Christopher Cummiskey EVP 34,837 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $86 per share 2,995,982.00
Feb 13, 2025 Jeff Peoples Chairman, President & CEO, APC 13,236 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $86 per share 1,138,296.00
Jan 7, 2025 David E. Meador Director 5,006 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 7, 2025 Janaki Akella Director 17,421 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Kristine L. Svinicki Director 8,297 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Henry A. Clark Director 69,699 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Dale E. Klein Director 52,770 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Lizanne Thomas Director 4,642 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 David J. Grain Director 77,746 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Shantella E. Cooper Director 27,349 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 John D. Johns Director 81,571 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Anthony F. Earley Director 26,590 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 Donald M. James Director 192,887 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 6, 2025 William G. Smith Director 150,157 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 9, 2024 Anthony L. Wilson President & CEO, MPC 85,309 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $77.61 per share 6,620,831.49

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