The Southern Company (SO)
(Delayed Data from NYSE)
$86.12 USD
-0.29 (-0.34%)
Updated Aug 23, 2024 04:00 PM ET
After-Market: $86.11 -0.01 (-0.01%) 7:58 PM ET
3-Hold of 5 3
D Value C Growth A Momentum C VGM
Company Summary
Founded in 1945, Atlanta, GA-based Southern Company is one of the largest utilities in the United States. The company deals with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Following its merger with AGL Resources on July 1, 2016, Southern Company serves approximately nine million customers through its seven electric and natural gas distribution units.
It serves approximately nine million customers and boasts of a generating capacity of 46,000 megawatts, around 200,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines, with more than 80,000 miles of natural gas pipelines.
Southern Company’s operations ...
Company Summary
Founded in 1945, Atlanta, GA-based Southern Company is one of the largest utilities in the United States. The company deals with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Following its merger with AGL Resources on July 1, 2016, Southern Company serves approximately nine million customers through its seven electric and natural gas distribution units.
It serves approximately nine million customers and boasts of a generating capacity of 46,000 megawatts, around 200,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines, with more than 80,000 miles of natural gas pipelines.
Southern Company’s operations include wholesale electricity generation and natural gas services, retail energy services and natural gas storage operations throughout the country. Southern Company's electrical utilities include Alabama Power, Georgia Power, and Mississippi Power. The firm closed the divestiture of its Gulf Power unit for $5.8 billion in January 2019.
The company owns Southern Power and Southern Company Gas along with other direct and indirect subsidiaries. Southern Power engages in developing, owning and managing power generation assets, including renewable energy projects, as well as selling electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market.
The electric utility firm engages in the distribution of natural gas through Southern Company Gas (formerly AGL Resources). Southern Company Gas’ distribution utilities include Atlanta Gas Light, Chattanooga Gas, Nicor Gas and Virginia Natural Gas. The company completed the sale of Elizabethtown, Elkton and Florida City gas units in 2018. Southern Gas Company operates in four segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services.
Southern Company also owns membership interests in SCS, Southern Linc, Southern Holdings, Southern Nuclear, PowerSecure, and other direct and indirect subsidiaries. Notably, Southern Nuclear provides services to the Southern Company’s nuclear power plants and recently brought online Vogtle Units 3 and 4, which are co-owned by Georgia Power.
General Information
Southern Company The
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: 404-506-5000
Fax: 404-506-0344
Web: http://www.southerncompany.com
Email: sagammil@southernco.com
Industry | Utility - Electric Power |
Sector | Utilities |
Fiscal Year End | December |
Last Reported Quarter | 6/30/2024 |
Exp Earnings Date | 11/7/2024 |
EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate | 1.39 |
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate | 4.01 |
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate | 7.00 |
Exp Earnings Date | 11/7/2024 |
Price and Volume Information
Zacks Rank | ![]() |
Yesterday's Close | 86.41 |
52 Week High | 89.68 |
52 Week Low | 61.56 |
Beta | 0.51 |
20 Day Moving Average | 4,572,511.50 |
Target Price Consensus | 82.92 |
4 Week | 4.81 |
12 Week | 7.46 |
YTD | 22.82 |
4 Week | 1.54 |
12 Week | 0.65 |
YTD | 5.52 |
Shares Outstanding (millions) | 1,093.43 |
Market Capitalization (millions) | 94,165.85 |
Short Ratio | NA |
Last Split Date | 3/1/1994 |
Dividend Yield | 3.34% |
Annual Dividend | $2.88 |
Payout Ratio | 0.69 |
Change in Payout Ratio | -0.09 |
Last Dividend Payout / Amount | 8/19/2024 / $0.00 |
Fundamental Ratios
P/E (F1) | 21.46 |
Trailing 12 Months | 20.60 |
PEG Ratio | 3.09 |
vs. Previous Year | 37.97% |
vs. Previous Quarter | 5.83% |
vs. Previous Year | 12.44% |
vs. Previous Quarter | -2.75% |
Price/Book | 2.61 |
Price/Cash Flow | 10.47 |
Price / Sales | 3.60 |
6/30/24 | 12.88 |
3/31/24 | 12.07 |
12/31/23 | 11.40 |
6/30/24 | 3.27 |
3/31/24 | 3.06 |
12/31/23 | 2.90 |
6/30/24 | 0.91 |
3/31/24 | 0.92 |
12/31/23 | 0.77 |
6/30/24 | 0.66 |
3/31/24 | 0.65 |
12/31/23 | 0.56 |
6/30/24 | 17.53 |
3/31/24 | 16.71 |
12/31/23 | 15.77 |
6/30/24 | 17.67 |
3/31/24 | 16.74 |
12/31/23 | 15.79 |
6/30/24 | 20.28 |
3/31/24 | 18.66 |
12/31/23 | 17.21 |
6/30/24 | 33.03 |
3/31/24 | 32.57 |
12/31/23 | 32.30 |
6/30/24 | 4.46 |
3/31/24 | 4.60 |
12/31/23 | 4.95 |
6/30/24 | 1.66 |
3/31/24 | 1.67 |
12/31/23 | 1.62 |
6/30/24 | 62.38 |
3/31/24 | 62.50 |
12/31/23 | 61.89 |