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/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

Against its own ten years

Low 3.4× High 6.2×
Ten-year median 4.9×
Current reading's percentile 75

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)

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