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.

Revenue
+13.0%
EPS
+14.2%
Free cash flow
+362.1%
Total debt
+1.32%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

93.28 0.16 +0.17%
Market cap
$107.4B
P/E
21.2×
Fwd P/E
21.3×
Dividend yield
3.22%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.93
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
32/100

Southern Company (The) (SO) P/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Southern Company (The) (SO) trades at a P/S ratio of 3.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8× (September 2018) to 3.9× (October 2024); the current reading is higher than 86% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 2.8× and above the Utilities sector median of 2.6×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 3.3× (3.60%)
FY2024 3.4× 10.20%
FY2023 3.1× 16.05%
FY2022 2.6× (16.15%)
FY2021 3.1× (1.30%)
FY2020 3.2× 2.54%
FY2019 3.1× 63.15%
FY2018 1.9× (6.90%)
FY2017 2.0× (12.62%)
FY2016 2.3× (3.72%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Sep 2026 3.1× (14.75%)
Jun 2026 3.6× 0.29%
Mar 2026 3.6× 10.47%
Dec 2025 3.3× (9.90%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.8× High 3.9×
Ten-year median 2.8×
Current reading's percentile 85

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare n/m
EXC Exelon Corporation compare 1.9×
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare 2.9×
DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare 3.0×
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare 3.2×
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare 3.4×
SO Southern Company (The) 3.5×
ETR Entergy Corporation compare 3.7×
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare 6.4×
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 2.8×
Utilities sector median 2.6×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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