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Southern Company

Ticker: SO ISIN: US8425871071
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Stock Large-cap Dividend payer Near 52-week high
Market cap
$109.53B
P/E
24.85
Forward P/E
21.28
Profit margin
14.46%
Revenue growth QoQ
8.00%
Div. yield
3.09%
Beta
0.34
$89.76 -0.23%
Price as of 2026-08-26 · NYSE

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month -6.20%
6 Months -4.87%
1 Year -0.39%
5 Years +10.31% p.a.+63.27%
10 Years +10.19% p.a.+163.72%
Since inception +10.36% p.a.+1,071.82%
Calendar year returns
YTD +5.47%
2025 +9.47%
2024 +21.72%
2023 +2.21%
2022 +8.24%
2021 +16.32%

Key stats

Market cap
109.53B
P/E
24.85
Dividend yield
3.09%
Beta
0.34
52-week range
82.46 - 98.76
50-day MA
93.56
200-day MA
92.61
Section 1

Business overview

Company profile data from fundamentals.

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.

Sector Utilities
Industry Utilities - Regulated Electric
Country United States
Exchange NYSE
Section 2

Financial quality

Profitability and balance-sheet quality indicators from reported fundamentals.

Profitability

ROE 10.99%
ROA 3.24%
Profit margin 14.46%
Operating margin 25.82%
PEG ratio 2.76
Revenue/share TTM 27.21
Revenue TTM 30.18B
EBITDA 13.97B
Gross profit TTM 14.49B
Beta 0.34

Valuation

Trailing P/E 24.85
Forward P/E 21.28
P/B 2.95
P/S 3.63
EV/EBITDA 12.71
EV/Revenue 6.12

ESG Scores

Total ESG 30.1
Environment 12.3
Social 11.8
Governance 5.0
Section 3

Earnings

Earnings metrics from company highlights and earnings datasets.

EPS estimate (current year) 4.56
Quarterly earnings growth -0.80%
Revenue TTM 30.18B
Reported quarters 118
Section 4

Dividends & corporate actions

Dividend and split fields from fundamentals.

Dividend yield 3.09%
Forward annual div. yield 3.48%
Dividend per share 2.9600
Payout ratio 68.10%
Ex-dividend date 2024-11-18
Split factor 10000:6109
Last split date 2001-04-03
Section 5

Ownership / analyst view

Institutional ownership and analyst estimate fields when available.

Analyst

Analyst target price $72.71
Analyst rating 3.5

Ownership & short interest

Shares outstanding 1.10B
Shares float 1.09B
Institutional ownership 70.70%
Insider ownership 15.90%
Short ratio 5.15
Short % of float 2.71%

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol SO
Name Southern Company
Asset type STOCK
Exchange NYSE
Currency USD
ISIN US8425871071
Country USA
Code + exchange SO.NYSE
Last price date 2026-06-26
Fundamentals updated 2026-06-29

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