Southern Company (The) SO
- Market cap
- $95.3B
- P/E
- 19.9×
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Southern Company (The) (SO) EV/Sales
As of 25 September 2026, Southern Company (The) (SO) trades at a EV/Sales of 5.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.4× (March 2015) to 6.2× (October 2024); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 4.6× and above the Utilities sector median of 4.4×.
EV/Sales, daily
Annual
| 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
| 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 | 3.6× |
| AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare | 5.1× |
| DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare | 5.3× |
| SO Southern Company (The) | 5.5× |
| ETR Entergy Corporation compare | 5.5× |
| XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare | 5.5× |
| D Dominion Energy Inc. compare | 5.9× |
| NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare | 9.3× |
| Utilities Regulated Electric industry median | 4.6× |
| Utilities sector median | 4.4× |
| Market median | 2.2× |
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)
More on SO
- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- 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
- 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
- The full statement