Southern Company (The) SO
- 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
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
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- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- 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