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.

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

Southern Company (The) (SO) EV/Sales

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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

Against its own ten years

Low 3.4× High 6.2×
Ten-year median 4.9×
Current reading's percentile 83

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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