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Ticker
SO

Price
88.22
Stock movement down
-1.70 (-1.89%)
Company name
Southern Company
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Utilities >
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Market cap
96.66B
Ent value
202.69B
Price/Sales
3.66
Price/Book
2.62
Div yield
3.36%
Div growth
3.16%
Growth years
20
FCF payout
734.98%
Trailing P/E
20.47
Forward P/E
20.46
PEG
3.30
EPS growth
10.80%
1 year return
14.32%
3 year return
6.32%
5 year return
10.38%
10 year return
7.28%
Last updated: 2025-05-29

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.96
Dividend yield3.36%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield5.03%
Average yield3.94%
Minimum yield3.06%
Discount to avg yield-17.49%
Upside potential-14.89%
Yield as % of max yield66.74%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield3.36%
Current yield distribution87.62%
Yield at 100% (Min)3.06%
Yield at 90%3.30%
Yield at 80%3.55%
Yield at 50% (Median)3.99%
Yield at 20%4.23%
Yield at 10%4.37%
Yield at 0% (Max)5.03%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth20 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share2.96
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date19 May 2025
EPS (TTM)4.28
EPS (1y forward)4.31
EPS growth (5y)10.80%
EPS growth (5y forward)6.20%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
SOS&P500
DGR MR2.78%-13.74%
DGR TTM2.84%6.60%
DGR 3 years3.06%5.24%
DGR 5 years3.16%5.40%
DGR 10 years3.28%7.07%
DGR 15 years3.49%6.12%
Time since last change announced40 days
EPS growth (5y)10.80%
EPS growth (5y forward)6.20%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM63.19%734.98%
Average--
Forward68.65%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E20.47
Price to OCF10.25
Price to FCF238.08
Price to EBITDA7.45
EV to EBITDA15.63

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales3.66
Price to Book2.62
EV to Sales7.67

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count1.10B
EPS (TTM)4.28
FCF per share (TTM)0.37

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)26.43B
Gross profit (TTM)10.81B
Operating income (TTM)7.17B
Net income (TTM)4.72B
EPS (TTM)4.28
EPS (1y forward)4.31

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)40.92%
Operating margin (TTM)27.12%
Profit margin (TTM)17.87%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash1.02B
Net receivables4.42B
Total current assets11.04B
Goodwill5.16B
Intangible assets341.00M
Property, plant and equipment144.50B
Total assets143.96B
Accounts payable3.95B
Short/Current long term debt65.08B
Total current liabilities12.16B
Total liabilities107.05B
Shareholder's equity36.91B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)9.43B
Capital expenditures (TTM)9.02B
Free cash flow (TTM)406.00M
Dividends paid (TTM)2.98B

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity12.79%
Return on Assets3.28%
Return on Invested Capital4.69%
Cash Return on Invested Capital0.40%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open89.63
Daily high89.92
Daily low87.61
Daily Volume5.22M
All-time high94.15
1y analyst estimate92.02
Beta0.51
EPS (TTM)4.28
Dividend per share2.96
Ex-div date19 May 2025
Next earnings date30 Jul 2025

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
SOS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-6.30%-4.11%
Highest price drop-38.98%-56.47%
Date of highest drop23 Mar 20209 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-11.11%-11.06%
Avg time to new high30 days12 days
Max time to new high1071 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
SO (Southern Company) company logo
Marketcap
96.66B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Employees
27819
SEC filings
CEO
Thomas Fanning
Country
USA
City
Atlanta
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Contender
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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