Southern Company (The)
SO Utilities Utilities Regulated Electric
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/Sales
As of 16 October 2026, Southern Company (The) (SO) trades at a EV/Sales of 5.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.4× (March 2015) to 6.2× (October 2024); the current reading is higher than 84% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 4.7× and above the Utilities sector median of 4.4×.
EV/Sales, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5.6× | (1.41%) |
| FY2024 | 5.7× | 5.82% |
| FY2023 | 5.4× | 21.27% |
| FY2022 | 4.5× | (16.53%) |
| FY2021 | 5.3× | (3.44%) |
| FY2020 | 5.5× | 8.07% |
| FY2019 | 5.1× | 37.46% |
| FY2018 | 3.7× | (8.33%) |
| FY2017 | 4.1× | (10.23%) |
| FY2016 | 4.5× | 15.27% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 5.9× | (0.61%) |
| Mar 2026 | 6.0× | 6.14% |
| Dec 2025 | 5.6× | (6.03%) |
| Sep 2025 | 6.0× | 1.06% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare | 1.1× |
| EXC Exelon Corporation compare | 3.7× |
| AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare | 5.3× |
| DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare | 5.5× |
| ETR Entergy Corporation compare | 5.7× |
| SO Southern Company (The) | 5.8× |
| XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare | 5.8× |
| D Dominion Energy Inc. compare | 6.0× |
| NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare | 9.5× |
| Utilities Regulated Electric industry median | 4.7× |
| Utilities sector median | 4.4× |
| Market median | 2.1× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)
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- 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/FCF
- 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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