The Southern Company
General ticker "SO" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Regulated Electric
- Capitalization: $102.8B (TTM average)
The Southern Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -9.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 94.87$, high 96.92$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-07-30 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-18, amount 0.76$ (Y3.19%)
- Total employees count: 29800 as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Regulatory and compliance, Climate change and natural disasters, Operational and conduct risks, Supply chain disruptions, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [77.38$, 100.31$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [78.93$, 101.90$]
Financial Metrics affecting the SO estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 20.2 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: 6.62 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 10.23
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 24.65 > 18.40
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 31.54 > 10.32
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.61
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.05 <= -0.15
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.40 <= 0.80
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $25,253.00MM | $26,724.00MM | $29,553.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $19,427.00MM | $19,656.00MM | $22,268.00MM |
| Operating Income | $5,826.00MM | $7,068.00MM | $7,285.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-1,481.00MM | $-1,839.00MM | $-2,286.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $2,446.00MM | $2,743.00MM | $3,238.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $4,345.00MM | $5,229.00MM | $4,999.00MM |
| Taxes | $496.00MM | $969.00MM | $828.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $3,976.00MM | $4,401.00MM | $4,171.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $31,444.00MM | $33,208.00MM | $36,016.00MM |
| Inventory | $3,352.00MM | $3,369.00MM | $3,333.00MM |
| Assets | $139,331.00MM | $145,180.00MM | $155,720.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $7,553.00MM | $9,788.00MM | $9,802.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $9,095.00MM | $8,955.00MM | $12,737.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-9,668.00MM | $-9,400.00MM | $-13,959.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $999.00MM | $-208.00MM | $4,696.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.64 | $4.02 | $3.78 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.