SO
Southern Company
82.90$
+0.0%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Sep 25, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19.5 | 19.3 | 18.5 | 70.6 | 81.2 | 55.1 | 39.3 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 20.2 | 15.9 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 18.1 | 20.7 | 19.5 | 20.4 | 22.0 | 30.2 | 33.6 | 25.1 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 22.7 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 22.1 | 23.7 | 23.6 | 22.3 | 24.9 | 23.4 | |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | |
| 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 | |
| 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 12.8 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 407.7 | 455.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 42.4 | |
| -5.1% | -5.0% | -3.8% | -3.5% | -2.9% | -2.1% | -1.6% | -2.0% | -2.8% | -2.3% | -3.2% | -2.5% | -2.1% | -2.6% | -2.6% | -2.1% | -2.4% | -1.1% | -0.8% | -1.3% | -1.1% | -1.5% | -0.6% | -0.3% | -1.9% | -2.1% | -3.7% | -3.9% | -2.8% | -2.0% | -1.4% | -0.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.4% | -1.5% | -2.2% | -3.4% | -3.5% | 2.4% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 46.0% | 43.6% | 42.8% | 42.5% | 43.0% | 43.5% | 42.9% | 41.9% | 41.4% | 40.4% | 40.9% | 42.5% | 43.8% | 44.7% | 46.2% | 47.3% | 47.4% | 48.6% | 48.5% | 47.1% | 46.0% | 43.5% | 41.4% | 40.5% | 38.6% | 37.1% | 37.6% | 38.8% | 42.2% | 46.4% | 48.1% | 49.6% | 49.8% | 49.9% | 49.7% | 48.8% | 49.1% | 43.5% | 43.1% | 43.4% | |
| 25.3% | 23.3% | 22.8% | 9.3% | 9.7% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 17.7% | 18.5% | 17.8% | 28.9% | 35.4% | 34.9% | 36.1% | 25.2% | 24.5% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 24.5% | 22.3% | 21.2% | 16.0% | 14.6% | 17.1% | 17.5% | 18.3% | 17.9% | 17.5% | 18.1% | 23.1% | 24.8% | 26.6% | 27.3% | 26.4% | 26.5% | 25.4% | 25.7% | 24.6% | 24.1% | 24.2% | |
| 14.1% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 10.0% | 10.3% | 9.5% | 15.0% | 20.2% | 21.0% | 22.2% | 16.8% | 15.8% | 15.8% | 15.4% | 16.0% | 14.5% | 13.4% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 11.8% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 11.5% | 11.2% | 11.6% | 15.7% | 16.7% | 17.6% | 17.9% | 16.5% | 16.5% | 15.1% | 15.4% | 14.7% | 14.5% | 15.4% | |
| -14.1% | -12.1% | -8.7% | -7.5% | -6.3% | -4.5% | -3.0% | -4.0% | -5.2% | -4.5% | -7.6% | -6.6% | -6.3% | -8.3% | -7.2% | -5.6% | -6.9% | -3.7% | -2.4% | -4.0% | -3.3% | -4.6% | -1.9% | -0.9% | -5.1% | -5.5% | -9.6% | -10.8% | -7.5% | -6.1% | -4.5% | -2.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% | -1.4% | -5.5% | -8.0% | -11.0% | -12.5% | 8.5% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.2% | 9.9% | 10.4% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 9.9% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 12.7% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 17.1% | 12.6% | 11.6% | 11.2% | 11.1% | 11.8% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 11.0% | 10.1% | 9.7% | 12.6% | 13.3% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 13.3% | 13.6% | 12.6% | 12.7% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 11.8% | |
| 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.9% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 42,805 | 45,482 | 47,779 | 48,757 | 48,285 | 4,427 | 49,668 | 47,721 | 45,155 | 4,925 | 42,681 | 43,073 | 43,251 | 3,393 | 45,820 | 46,275 | 46,986 | 48,365 | 49,828 | 50,722 | 51,004 | 52,169 | 52,739 | 53,274 | 53,248 | 55,830 | 58,123 | 58,916 | 59,310 | 61,435 | 63,241 | 63,058 | 62,797 | 63,954 | 66,494 | 68,272 | 69,163 | 71,149 | 73,744 | 72,805 | |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | |
| 23.8% | 23.2% | 23.5% | 22.0% | 22.6% | 22.1% | 22.4% | 21.2% | 22.6% | 21.4% | 23.4% | 23.7% | 23.6% | 23.4% | 23.6% | 23.4% | 23.2% | 23.0% | 22.9% | 22.6% | 22.7% | 22.1% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 22.5% | 22.7% | 22.4% | 22.7% | 22.6% | 22.8% | 22.9% | 23.1% | 22.9% | 22.8% | 22.9% | 22.8% | 23.1% | 23.6% | 24.4% | |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.63 | 2.54 | 2.69 | 0.68 | 0.60 | 0.87 | 1.14 | 2.34 | 2.39 | 2.17 | 3.24 | 4.25 | 4.34 | 4.52 | 3.32 | 3.06 | 3.00 | 2.96 | 3.19 | 2.96 | 2.82 | 2.27 | 2.16 | 2.84 | 3.14 | 3.24 | 3.06 | 2.81 | 2.76 | 3.62 | 3.86 | 4.18 | 4.28 | 3.96 | 4.17 | 3.88 | 4.02 | 3.91 | 3.87 | 4.08 | |
| 18.66 | 20.09 | 21.68 | 22.53 | 22.36 | 22.86 | 23.36 | 23.50 | 23.12 | 22.73 | 21.56 | 21.05 | 20.66 | 20.34 | 19.70 | 19.33 | 18.96 | 19.26 | 19.95 | 20.47 | 21.03 | 21.76 | 22.31 | 24.12 | 25.73 | 26.86 | 26.51 | 25.18 | 23.89 | 22.99 | 23.11 | 23.68 | 23.96 | 24.02 | 25.21 | 25.67 | 26.05 | 26.65 | 26.75 | 26.45 | |
| 25.79 | 25.74 | 25.82 | 23.83 | 24.66 | 24.31 | 24.71 | 23.63 | 24.49 | 24.20 | 25.58 | 26.01 | 26.30 | 26.40 | 26.26 | 26.30 | 26.86 | 26.71 | 26.99 | 26.70 | 27.13 | 26.52 | 26.74 | 27.03 | 28.93 | 27.90 | 27.80 | 27.93 | 28.55 | 28.62 | 29.02 | 29.40 | 30.19 | 29.85 | 30.62 | 30.78 | 31.53 | 32.48 | 32.91 | 34.68 | |
| -2.63 | -2.44 | -1.89 | -1.69 | -1.40 | -1.02 | -0.70 | -0.93 | -1.21 | -1.02 | -1.64 | -1.39 | -1.31 | -1.68 | -1.41 | -1.09 | -1.30 | -0.70 | -0.48 | -0.82 | -0.69 | -1.01 | -0.43 | -0.21 | -1.30 | -1.49 | -2.55 | -2.72 | -1.78 | -1.40 | -1.03 | -0.65 | 0.22 | 0.18 | -0.35 | -1.41 | -2.09 | -2.93 | -3.35 | 2.26 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.