Southern Company (The) SO

82.88 (0.01) (0.01%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$95.3B
P/E
19.9×
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Southern Company (The) (SO) EV/EBITDA

As of 25 September 2026, Southern Company (The) (SO) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 12.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.0× (March 2020) to 18.3× (November 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 11.8× and in line with the Utilities sector median of 12.1×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

Annual

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 12.5× 0.99%
FY2024 12.4× (1.84%)
FY2023 12.6× (8.73%)
FY2022 13.8× (14.02%)
FY2021 16.1× 25.52%
FY2020 12.8× 29.43%
FY2019 9.9× (12.36%)
FY2018 11.3× (30.05%)
FY2017 16.1× 32.97%
FY2016 12.1× 18.18%

Quarterly

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 13.1× (1.75%)
Mar 2026 13.4× 6.96%
Dec 2025 12.5× (4.77%)
Sep 2025 13.1× (0.47%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.0× High 18.3×
Ten-year median 12.7×
Current reading's percentile 36

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare 4.2×
EXC Exelon Corporation compare 10.0×
DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare 10.4×
SO Southern Company (The) 12.1×
ETR Entergy Corporation compare 13.1×
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare 13.2×
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare 13.9×
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare 16.2×
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare 16.8×
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 11.8×
Utilities sector median 12.1×
Market median 11.0×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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