Company Profile
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of electricity. The company offers electric service to retail customers and wholesale customers; and energy-related products and services to natural gas choice markets. It also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, operates, and manages power generation assets, as well as battery energy storage projects; sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market; and deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers. In addition, the company is involved in the distribution of natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; distributes energy and resilience solutions; and invests in telecommunications. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| Sector | Utilities |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Website | https://www.southerncompany.com |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Market Cap | 109.63B |
| Trailing P/E | 24.87 |
| Forward P/E | 19.77 |
| Dividend Rate | 3.04 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.13% |
| Trailing Annual Div. Rate | 2.96 |
| Trailing Annual Div. Yield | 3.06% |
| Trailing EPS | 3.91 |
| Forward EPS | 4.92 |
| Book Value | 32.93 |
| Price-to-Book | 2.95 |
| Enterprise-to-Revenue | 6.21 |
| Enterprise-to-EBITDA | 13.41 |
| Short Ratio | 5.76 |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 08/17/2026 |
| Dividend Date | 09/08/2026 |
| Earnings Date | 07/30/2026 |
| Earnings Call Date | 07/30/2026 |
| Earnings Average | 1.01 |
| Earnings Low | 0.99 |
| Earnings High | 1.05 |
| Revenue Average | 7.27B |
| Revenue Low | 6.82B |
| Revenue High | 7.55B |