SO
Utilities

The Southern Company

SO
Since

Headquarters:

GA, United States

Exchange:

NYSE

Industry:

Utilities—Regulated Electric

Number of Employees:

27.82K

Current Fiscal Year:

2024

Market Cap:

100.68B

Price per Share:

$91.89

Quarterly Dividend per Share:

$0.72
Year-to-date Performance:
11.9654%
Dividend Yield:
2.96%
Price-to-book Ratio:
3.02
Trailing P/E Ratio:
21.32

Price History

Latest Prices

DateOpenHighLowClose
2025-04-3091.8592.2390.491.89
2025-04-2990.691.59590.33591.45
2025-04-2890.3591.0589.8290.75
2025-04-2591.0591.3490.1590.43
2025-04-2491.0491.4490.26591.05

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Financial Performance

2024 Revenue:26.43B

Detailed view of quarterly revenue

2024 Net Income:4.72B

Detailed view of quarterly net income

2024 Free Cash Flow:688.00M

Overview of free cash flow for the quarter

Annual Revenue Comparison

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