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) Free cash flow margin

Southern Company (The)'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −10.8%, down 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−9.93%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.1% (fiscal 2016) to 15.6% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of −11.5% and above the Utilities sector median of −11.7%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −9.93% (14.43)
FY2024 4.50% 9.96
FY2023 −5.46% (0.86)
FY2022 −4.60% (2.44)
FY2021 −2.16% (3.25)
FY2020 1.09% (14.54)
FY2019 15.6% 7.54
FY2018 8.09% 12.14
FY2017 −4.05% 8.02
FY2016 −12.1% (15.50)

Against its own ten years

Low −12.1% High 15.6%
Ten-year median −2.16%
Current reading's percentile 18

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare 0.00%
EXC Exelon Corporation compare −7.56%
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare −10.8%
SO Southern Company (The) −10.8%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare −12.9%
ETR Entergy Corporation compare −22.0%
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare −37.7%
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare −52.6%
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare −57.7%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median −11.5%
Utilities sector median −11.7%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Free cash flow margin →

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