The Southern Company(SO) Stock Research - Grey Stern Research

The Southern Company (SO) Stock Analysis

$87.77 (-1.53%)

SO Financial Performance


Use the table below to view The Southern Company's financial profile. This data is gathers from the latest available financial statements. Annual data is taken from the trailing 12 months of statements. All numbers are reported in US Dollars and so any foreign currencies are converted to USD so comparison's can be done.

Based on Financial Statements from Q3 - 2024

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
Price $87.77 -
52 Week Low $65.80 -
52 Week High $94.45 -
Market Cap $96.2 Billion 2/8
Gross Margin 79% 3/8
Profit Margin 21% 2/8
EBITDA margin 33% 4/8
Q3 - 2024 Revenue $7.3 Billion 3/8
Q3 - 2024 Earnings $1.5 Billion 2/8
Q3 - 2024 Free Cash Flow $7.6 Billion 2/8
Trailing 4 Quarters Revenue $26.4 Billion 2/8
Trailing 4 Quarters Earnings $4.7 Billion 1/8
Quarterly Earnings Growth 8% 4/8
Annual Earnings Growth 20% 4/8
Quarterly Revenue Growth 4% 4/8
Annual Revenue Growth 9% 3/8
Cash On Hand $0 6/8
Short Term Debt $919.0 Million 7/8
Long Term Debt $62.5 Billion 3/8

The Southern Company Financial Metrics


Financial metrics are a set of useful numbers that can give key performance indicators of a company. The various metrics can include information about profitability, growth, and debt load. When combined and use properly they can tell an analyst a compelling fact-based story of how the company is currently performing. To compare The Southern Company's metrics versus it's peers make sure to run our peer analysis tool.

Valuation Metrics

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
PE 20.37 4/8
PS 3.64 2/8
PB 0.00 5/8
PC -1.00 6/8
Liabilities to Equity 2.90 4/8
ROA 0.40 1/8
ROE 0.13 2/8
Current Ratio 0.11 6/8
Quick Ratio 0.00 4/8
Long Term Debt to Equity 1.69 3/8
Debt to Equity 1.72 5/8
Burn Rate 0.00 6/8
Cash to Cap 0.00 4/8
CCR 4.98 3/8
EV to EBITDA 65.68 5/8
EV to Revenue 6.04 2/8

Company Details

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates through Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services segments. 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, wholesale gas services, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and/or operates 30 hydroelectric generating stations, 24 fossil fuel generating stations, three nuclear generating stations, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration stations, 45 solar facilities, 15 wind facilities, one fuel cell facility, and four battery storage facility; and constructs, operates, and maintains 76,289 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 8.7 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, the company offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

CEO: Mr. Thomas Fanning

Website: https://www.southerncompany.com

Address: 30 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW Atlanta, GEORGIA

Exchange: New York Stock Exchange

Industry: Utilities—Regulated Electric

The Southern Company Peer Analysis


A useful and more reliable way of seeing the health of a company is to compare it to other companies operating in the same sector. Below is our list of companies which we rank are the closest peers to The Southern Company. If you feel that peers should be added or removed from this list please contact us. To run an in-depth peer analysis which compares many financial metrics click on the link below.

Stock Ticker Market Cap
Dominion Energy, Inc. D $48.2 Billion
American Electric Power Company, Inc. AEP $52.3 Billion
Duke Energy Corporation DUK $89.0 Billion
NextEra Energy, Inc. NEE $158.5 Billion
Exelon Corporation EXC $38.6 Billion
Edison International EIX $33.2 Billion
Consolidated Edison, Inc. ED $34.1 Billion
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SO Income Statements
Quarter Year Revenue Earnings
Q3 2024 $ 7.3 Billion $1.5 Billion
Q2 2024 $ 6.5 Billion $1.2 Billion
Q1 2024 $ 6.6 Billion $1.1 Billion
Q4 2023 $ 6.0 Billion $855.0 Million
Q3 2023 $ 7.0 Billion $1.4 Billion
Q2 2023 $ 5.7 Billion $838.0 Million
Q1 2023 $ 6.5 Billion $862.0 Million
Q4 2022 $ 7.0 Billion -$138.0 Million

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SO Balance Sheets
Quarter Year Cash & Equivalents Total Assets Total Debt Total Equity
Q3 2024 $0 $11.7 Billion $63.4 Billion $36.9 Billion
Q2 2024 $1.2 Billion $141.9 Billion $65.5 Billion $36.1 Billion
Q1 2024 $0 $11.2 Billion $63.3 Billion $35.6 Billion
Q4 2023 $748.0 Million $139.3 Billion $63.5 Billion $35.2 Billion
Q3 2023 $1.7 Billion $138.3 Billion $62.3 Billion $35.3 Billion
Q2 2023 $0 $10.6 Billion $58.3 Billion $34.6 Billion
Q1 2023 $1.1 Billion $134.8 Billion $60.6 Billion $30.5 Billion
Q4 2022 $1.9 Billion $134.9 Billion $59.1 Billion $30.4 Billion

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SO Cash Flow Statements
Quarter Year freeCashFlow capitalExpenditure netChangeInCash
Q3 2024 $7.6 Billion $4.0 Billion -$156.0 Million
Q2 2024 $419.0 Million -$2.3 Billion $386.0 Million
Q1 2024 $248.0 Million $0 -$73.0 Million
Q4 2023 -$721.0 Million -$2.5 Billion -$969.0 Million
Q3 2023 $177.0 Million -$2.7 Billion -$354.0 Million
Q2 2023 $8.0 Million -$2.0 Billion $1.0 Billion
Q1 2023 -$1.0 Billion -$1.9 Billion -$820.0 Million
Q4 2022 -$1.1 Billion -$2.4 Billion $24.0 Million

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