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) P/S ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Southern Company (The) (SO) trades at a P/S ratio of 3.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8× (September 2018) to 3.9× (October 2024); the current reading is higher than 68% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 2.5× and above the Utilities sector median of 2.6×.

P/S ratio, daily

Annual

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

Period P/S ratio Change
Jun 2026 3.6× 0.29%
Mar 2026 3.6× 10.47%
Dec 2025 3.3× (9.90%)
Sep 2025 3.6× 1.33%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.8× High 3.9×
Ten-year median 2.8×
Current reading's percentile 68

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare n/m
EXC Exelon Corporation compare 1.6×
DUK Duke Energy Corporation compare 2.7×
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare 2.8×
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare 2.9×
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare 3.0×
SO Southern Company (The) 3.1×
ETR Entergy Corporation compare 3.4×
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare 5.5×
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 2.5×
Utilities sector median 2.6×
Market median 2.0×

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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