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Ticker
SO

Price
88.57
Stock movement down
-0.48 (-0.54%)
Company name
Southern Company
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Utilities >
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Market cap
97.52B
Ent value
209.16B
Price/Sales
3.37
Price/Book
2.55
Div yield
3.34%
Div growth
2.97%
Growth years
20
FCF payout
-
Trailing P/E
21.87
Forward P/E
19.37
PEG
3.53
EPS growth
-2.44%
1 year return
0.60%
3 year return
-
5 year return
-
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-11-20

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.96
Dividend yield3.34%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield3.56%
Average yield3.25%
Minimum yield2.97%
Discount to avg yield2.71%
Upside potential2.79%
Yield as % of max yield93.95%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield3.34%
Current yield distribution19.57%
Yield at 100% (Min)2.97%
Yield at 90%3.11%
Yield at 80%3.14%
Yield at 50% (Median)3.24%
Yield at 20%3.34%
Yield at 10%3.45%
Yield at 0% (Max)3.56%

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 date17 Nov 2025
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)4.57
EPS growth (5y)-2.44%
EPS growth (5y forward)6.20%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
SOS&P500
DGR MR2.78%-13.74%
DGR TTM2.80%6.60%
DGR 3 years2.88%7.31%
DGR 5 years2.97%4.69%
DGR 10 years3.17%6.30%
DGR 15 years3.32%8.16%
Time since last change announced215 days
EPS growth (5y)-2.44%
EPS growth (5y forward)6.20%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM--
Average--
Forward64.72%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E21.87
Price to OCF10.40
Price to FCF-
Price to EBITDA6.88
EV to EBITDA14.76

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales3.37
Price to Book2.55
EV to Sales7.23

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)-
Gross profit (TTM)-
Operating income (TTM)-
Net income (TTM)-
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)4.57

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)-
Operating margin (TTM)-
Profit margin (TTM)-

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash3.34B
Net receivables3.90B
Total current assets12.63B
Goodwill5.16B
Intangible assets308.00M
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets153.25B
Accounts payable3.02B
Short/Current long term debt73.75B
Total current liabilities16.73B
Total liabilities114.97B
Shareholder's equity38.27B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)-
Capital expenditures (TTM)-
Free cash flow (TTM)-
Dividends paid (TTM)-

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity-
Return on Assets-
Return on Invested Capital-
Cash Return on Invested Capital-

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open89.23
Daily high89.45
Daily low88.43
Daily Volume6.69M
All-time high99.72
1y analyst estimate99.67
Beta0.44
EPS (TTM)-
Dividend per share2.96
Ex-div date17 Nov 2025
Next earnings date12 Feb 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
SOS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-11.18%-5.07%
Highest price drop-14.01%-19.00%
Date of highest drop6 Jan 20258 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-5.28%-2.73%
Avg time to new high26 days6 days
Max time to new high183 days89 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
SO (Southern Company) company logo
Marketcap
97.52B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; operates, constructs, and maintains approximately 78,500 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities; and provides gas marketing services, as well as electric services to retail customers. It also offers distributed energy and resilience solutions, and digital wireless communications and fiber optics services, as well as deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, utility customers. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Employees
28314
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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