Southern
SO NYSE· Electric Utilities
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$92.65
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Southern had $29.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 10.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +7.7% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 24.7%, down 1.8 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 25 is left after running the business.
- Southern made $4.3B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 4.9% a year.
- Free cash flow was −$2.9B in fiscal 2025, −9.9% of revenue.
- Southern returned $3.0B to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.6%.
- Southern owes $71.0B more than it holds in cash, about 5.3 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$104.5B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue
$29.6B
Net income
$4.3B
Free cash flow
−$2.9B
Operating margin
24.7%
Southern in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+10.6%
Yes. Sales grew 10.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
14.7%
Yes. It keeps 14.7% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−9.9%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
5.3x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 5.3 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 8
Mixed. It passes 4 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
23.7x
One share costs 23.7 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 20.4x.
What Southern does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 19, 2026
- Legal name
- SOUTHERN CO
- CIK
- 0000092122
Southern · SO
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $23.1B | $29.3B | $25.3B | $26.7B | $29.6B |
| Revenue growth | 13.4% | 26.7% | −13.8% | 5.8% | 10.6% |
| Operating margin | 16.0% | 18.3% | 23.1% | 26.5% | 24.7% |
| Net income | $2.3B | $3.4B | $4.0B | $4.4B | $4.3B |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 11.7% | 15.7% | 16.5% | 14.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.24 | $3.26 | $3.62 | $3.99 | $3.92 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $6.2B | $6.3B | $7.6B | $9.8B | $9.8B |
| Capital expenditure | $7.6B | $7.9B | $9.1B | $9.0B | $12.7B |
| Free cash flow | −$1.4B | −$1.6B | −$1.5B | $833M | −$2.9B |
| FCF margin | −6.1% | −5.5% | −6.1% | 3.1% | −9.9% |
| Dividends paid | $2.8B | $2.9B | $3.0B | $3.0B | $3.0B |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.8B | $1.9B | $748M | $1.1B | $1.6B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $53.7B | $57.6B | $62.0B | $64.8B | $72.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $27.9B | $30.4B | $31.4B | $33.2B | $36.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.8x | 5.9x | 5.7x | 5.2x | 5.3x |
| Current ratio | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
| Interest coverage | 2.0x | 2.7x | 2.4x | 2.6x | 2.3x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 4.0% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.3% | 11.8% | 12.9% | 13.6% | 12.5% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$5.6M
6 insiders
Of sales under plans
86%
$4.9M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern SO | $104.5B | 10.6% | 24.7% | −9.9% | 5.8% | 23.7x | 4 |
| Duke Energy DUK | $97.2B | 5.6% | 27.2% | −5.3% | 5.5% | 19.1x | 5 |
| Constellation Energy CEG | $93.2B | 8.3% | 12.1% | 5.0% | 10.4% | 25.2x | 5 |
| Exelon EXC | $45.9B | 5.3% | 21.2% | −9.4% | 5.7% | — | 5 |
| American Electric Power AEP | $71.3B | 10.9% | 24.3% | −6.9% | 6.7% | 19.2x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $92.65 a share, the company is worth $104.5B: 23.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Southern grew sales faster than 3 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 3.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000092122). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.