The Southern Company
General ticker "SO" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Electric Utilities
- Capitalization: $99.0B (TTM average)
The Southern Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 23.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.2%: low 87.63$, high 89.70$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-08-18, amount 0.74$ (Y3.39%)
- Total employees count: 28600 as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Regulatory and compliance, Operational and conduct risks, Construction risks, Economic downturns and volatility, Transaction risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 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 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [72.16$, 92.99$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [71.60$, 93.48$]
Financial Metrics affecting the SO estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 20.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 26.45 > 18.64
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 23.86 > 10.33
- Positive: 6.82 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 10.82
- Positive: 18.93 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 22.87 <= 41.86
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 3.03 <= 3.41
- Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.85
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
Short-term SO quotes
Long-term SO plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $29,279.00MM | $25,253.00MM | $26,724.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $23,909.00MM | $19,427.00MM | $19,656.00MM |
| Operating Income | $5,370.00MM | $5,826.00MM | $7,068.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-1,147.00MM | $-1,481.00MM | $-1,839.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $2,022.00MM | $2,446.00MM | $2,743.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $4,223.00MM | $4,345.00MM | $5,229.00MM |
| Taxes | $795.00MM | $496.00MM | $969.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $3,535.00MM | $3,976.00MM | $4,401.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $30,408.00MM | $31,444.00MM | $33,208.00MM |
| Inventory | $2,677.00MM | $3,352.00MM | $3,369.00MM |
| Assets | $134,891.00MM | $139,331.00MM | $145,180.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $6,302.00MM | $7,553.00MM | $9,788.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $7,923.00MM | $9,095.00MM | $8,955.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-8,430.00MM | $-9,668.00MM | $-9,400.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $2,336.00MM | $999.00MM | $-208.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.29 | $3.64 | $4.02 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.