Southern Company (The)

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Southern Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $29.6 billion, up 10.6% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 28.8%, free cash flow grew 23.5% and total debt rose 7.46%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

91.18 2.00 +2.24%
Market cap
$102.6B
P/E
21.9×
Fwd P/E
20.8×
Dividend yield
3.29%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.93
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
32/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
18.93 56.15 20.05 14.00 20.82 30.35 21.85 19.46 20.48 22.13
Piotroski F-Score
5 4 5 7 4 5 6 6 7 4
P/S ratio
2.34 2.05 1.91 3.11 3.19 3.15 2.64 3.06 3.38 3.25
Altman Z-Score
0.75 0.69 0.68 0.96 0.82 0.84 0.88 0.86 0.93 0.93
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
0.73 0.51 0.57 0.97 0.76 0.73 0.65 0.79 0.75 0.72
P/FCF ratio
0.00 0.00 23.58 19.90 291.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.06 0.00
Beneish M-Score
(1.69) (2.71) (2.48) (2.70) (2.71) (2.70) (2.28) (2.80) (2.61) (2.63)
P/Operating CF
77.99 41.27 32.92 74.03 44.03 66.88 60.15 42.67 41.52 37.04
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 32
P/B ratio
1.88 1.85 1.54 2.10 2.02 2.25 2.24 2.20 2.46 2.47
EV/Sales
4.52 4.06 3.72 5.11 5.52 5.33 4.45 5.40 5.71 5.63
EV/EBITDA
12.13 16.13 11.28 9.89 12.80 16.07 13.81 12.61 12.38 12.50
EV/FCF
(37.43) (100.21) 45.97 32.69 504.52 (246.48) (96.82) (98.92) 126.99 (56.72)
Current Ratio
0.75 0.74 0.67 0.78 0.71 0.82 0.66 0.77 0.67 0.65
Net Debt/EBITDA
5.84 7.98 5.50 3.87 5.41 6.58 5.62 5.45 5.06 5.27
Debt/Equity
1.69 1.87 1.50 1.40 1.49 1.61 1.59 1.69 1.73 1.85
ROE
10.80% 3.35% 8.16% 15.59% 9.75% 7.42% 10.55% 11.40% 12.24% 11.49%
ROA
2.60% 0.76% 1.95% 4.02% 2.58% 1.91% 2.69% 2.90% 3.09% 2.89%
ROIC
4.01% 2.02% 3.64% 6.46% 3.81% 2.78% 3.83% 3.87% 4.46% 4.17%
Return on Tangible Assets
3.25% 1.10% 2.93% 5.90% 3.71% 2.68% 3.95% 4.11% 4.43% 4.00%
Average Days of Receivables
56.58 48.61 51.11 47.89 47.71 35.55 33.58 35.86 37.57 34.85
Earnings Yield
5.28% 1.78% 4.99% 7.14% 4.80% 3.30% 4.58% 5.14% 4.88% 4.52%
Free Cash Flow Yield
(5.15%) (1.98%) 4.24% 5.02% 0.34% (0.69%) (1.74%) (1.78%) 1.33% (3.05%)
Free Cash Flow per Share
(2.52) (0.93) 1.86 3.20 0.21 (0.47) (1.25) (1.26) 1.10 (2.66)
Book value per Share
28.11 25.85 28.75 30.64 30.74 30.69 32.12 32.26 33.46 35.24
Free Cash Flow
(2,401.00) (932.00) 1,900.00 3,348.00 223.00 (500.00) (1,346.00) (1,378.00) 1,202.00 (2,934.00)
EV/EBIT
20.04 40.03 20.84 14.15 23.03 33.33 24.27 23.40 21.60 22.84
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