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SO Financials Southern Company

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 7.7% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (4.5% vs 7.7% per year).
  • Operating margin has been roughly flat, at 24.7% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Operating income covered interest expense 2.2× in the latest year, down from 2.7× 5 years ago.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 69.5% of earnings.
  • The dividend has grown 2.3% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $15B $30B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 18% 36% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$3B -$779M $1B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $1B $2B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$20B -$2B $16B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $29.6B $4.3B 0.0% 24.7% -$2.9B $1.6B
2024 $26.7B $4.4B 0.0% 26.4% $833M $1.1B
2023 $25.3B $4.0B 0.0% 23.1% -$1.5B $748M
2022 $29.3B 0.0% 18.3% -$1.6B $1.9B
2021 $23.1B 0.0% 16.0% -$1.4B $1.8B
2020 $20.4B 0.0% 24.0% -$826M $1.1B
2019 $21.4B 0.0% 36.1% -$1.8B $2.0B
2018 $23.5B 0.0% 17.8% -$1.1B $1.4B
2017 $23.0B 0.0% 10.1% -$1.0B $2.1B
2016 $19.9B 0.0% 22.5% -$2.4B $2.0B
2015 $17.5B 0.0% 24.5% $600M $1.4B
2014 $18.5B 0.0% 19.7% $569M $710M
2013 $17.1B 0.0% 19.0% $766M $659M
2012 $16.5B 0.0% 27.0% $89M $628M
2011 $17.7B 0.0% 24.0% $1.4B $1.3B

Valuation over time

How the market has priced SO against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 12.8 25.7 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 2.0 4.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 2.0 4.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is SO growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Southern Company's revenue has grown 7.7% per year, and net income grown 4.5% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does SO have?

As of FY2025, Southern Company reported — of total debt against $1.6B of cash; operating income covered interest expense 2.2×.

What is SO's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 24.7%, and net margin 14.7%.

What is SO's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Southern Company traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 24.9× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.