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The Southern Company (SO)

93.71 +0.72 (+0.77%)
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Dividend
SO announced a cash dividend of $0.76 with an ex-date of Nov. 16, 2026

Valuation Measures

Currency in USD Download
Current 6/30/2026 3/31/2026 12/31/2025 9/30/2025 6/30/2025
Market Cap
106.97B 107.89B 108.04B 96.02B 104.25B 101.03B
Enterprise Value
183.85B 185.71B 183.33B 169.69B 177.14B 172.21B
Trailing P/E
22.41 24.48 24.62 21.69 24.49 22.02
Forward P/E
18.90 20.94 21.24 17.72 20.60 21.56
PEG Ratio (current)
3.17 5.80 4.11 3.52 5.02 4.72
Price/Sales
3.46 3.54 3.62 3.34 3.69 3.64
Price/Book
2.70 2.91 3.00 2.74 3.06 2.99
Enterprise Value/Revenue
6.09 6.15 6.20 5.87 6.25 6.18
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
12.41 12.79 12.85 11.98 12.95 12.58
6/30/2025 - 12/31/1981

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Financial Highlights

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year Ends 12/31/2025
Most Recent Quarter (mrq) 6/30/2026

Profitability

Profit Margin 15.43%
Operating Margin (ttm) 29.61%

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm) 3.27%
Return on Equity (ttm) 11.48%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm) 30.18B
Revenue Per Share (ttm) 26.99
Quarterly Revenue Growth (yoy) 0.10%
Gross Profit (ttm) 14.57B
EBITDA 14.26B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm) 4.66B
Diluted EPS (ttm) 4.15
Quarterly Earnings Growth (yoy) 33.40%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq) 2.98B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq) 2.59
Total Debt (mrq) 77.09B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq) 182.06%
Current Ratio (mrq) 0.79
Book Value Per Share (mrq) 34.40

Cash Flow Statement

Operating Cash Flow (ttm) 10.65B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm) -3.91B

Trading Information

Stock Price History

Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.30
52 Week Change 3 -1.12%
S&P 500 52-Week Change 3 12.87%
52 Week High 3 99.58
52 Week Low 3 81.69
50-Day Moving Average 3 87.74
200-Day Moving Average 3 92.41

Share Statistics

Avg Vol (3 month) 3 5.99M
Avg Vol (10 day) 3 5.48M
Shares Outstanding 5 1.15B
Implied Shares Outstanding 6 1.15B
Float 8 1.15B
% Held by Insiders 1 0.10%
% Held by Institutions 1 74.36%
Shares Short (10/15/2026) 4 29.44M
Short Ratio (10/15/2026) 4 4.49
Short % of Float (10/15/2026) 4 2.56%
Short % of Shares Outstanding (10/15/2026) 4 2.56%
Shares Short (prior month 9/15/2026) 4 28.96M

Dividends & Splits

Forward Annual Dividend Rate 4 3.04
Forward Annual Dividend Yield 4 3.27%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3 2.98
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 3 3.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield 4 3.54
Payout Ratio 4 71.81%
Dividend Date 3 12/7/2026
Ex-Dividend Date 4 11/16/2026
Last Split Factor 2 10000:6109
Last Split Date 3 4/3/2001

Footnotes

  • 1 Data provided by Refinitiv.
  • 2 Data provided by EDGAR Online.
  • 3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo Finance.
  • 4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
  • 5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
  • 6 Implied Shares Outstanding of common equity, assuming the conversion of all convertible subsidiary equity into common.
  • 7 EBITDA is calculated by S&P Global Market Intelligence using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.
  • 8 A company's float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which may not be publicly traded.

Abbreviation Guide

  • mrq  =  Most Recent Quarter
  • ttm  =  Trailing Twelve Months
  • yoy  =  Year Over Year
  • lfy  =  Last Fiscal Year
  • fye  =  Fiscal Year Ending

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