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.
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Southern Company (The) (SO) EV/FCF
As of 16 October 2026, Southern Company (The) (SO) trades at a EV/FCF of −53.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2,820× (September 2024) to 657× (April 2022); the current reading is higher than 49% of that period.
EV/FCF, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −56.7× | — |
| FY2024 | 127× | — |
| FY2023 | −98.9× | — |
| FY2022 | −96.8× | — |
| FY2021 | −246× | — |
| FY2020 | 505× | 1,443.40% |
| FY2019 | 32.7× | (28.89%) |
| FY2018 | 46.0× | — |
| FY2017 | −100× | — |
| FY2016 | −37.4× | — |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | −54.9× | — |
| Mar 2026 | −52.1× | — |
| Dec 2025 | −56.7× | — |
| Sep 2025 | −95.0× | — |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/FCF against peers
| Company | EV/FCF |
|---|---|
| SO Southern Company (The) | −53.3× |
| AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare | −49.4× |
| EXC Exelon Corporation compare | −48.9× |
| DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare | −42.8× |
| ETR Entergy Corporation compare | −26.2× |
| NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare | −16.5× |
| D Dominion Energy Inc. compare | −16.0× |
| XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare | −11.1× |
| NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare | −6.2× |
What EV/FCF is
EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.
((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))
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- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
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