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SOMN
The Southern Company Stock AnalysisComprehensive stock analysis for The Southern Company (SOMN) including live price, Snowflake performance metrics, financial statements, and investment research.Stock AnalysisSOMN
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The Southern Company
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SOMN
Home🔹Stocks🔹The Southern Company

The Southern Company

🇺🇸SOMN•NYSE

The Southern Company

🇺🇸SOMN•NYSE
Market cap
$106.59B
Sentiment

Your view on SOMN

Mkt Cap
$106.59B
Sentiment
Your view
Company Overview

Overview

What the company does, where it operates, and who runs it.

About The Southern Company

Industry
Regulated Electric
Sector
Utilities
CEO
Christopher C. Womack
Headquarters
US
Industry
Regulated Electric
Sector
Utilities
CEO
Christopher C. Womack
Headquarters
US
Description

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

The company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; operates, constructs, and maintains approximately 78,500 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities; and provides gas marketing services, as well as electric services to retail customers.

It also offers distributed energy and resilience solutions, and digital wireless communications and fiber optics services, as well as deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, utility customers. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Financial Data

Stock Data

Price chart, volume, and trading data.

Fair Value

What FRC thinks it is worth vs. the current price.

FRC's fair value estimate for The Southern Company, and the rating behind it. SOMN last traded at $48.54, 22.2× trailing earnings — the estimate is read against that market price. FRC analysts run the firm's valuation model across the companies on this platform to estimate what each one is worth, rather than republishing a consensus average. Shows the current estimate, our rating, and when it was last revised. A free account covers 7 company valuations a month; a paid subscription is unlimited.

Financial Ratios

Profitability, returns, valuation, and leverage ratios.

Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for The Southern Company. Starting points for The Southern Company: P/E 22.2, EPS $4.10, beta 0.30 — an Regulated Electric name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.

Dividend Analysis

Yield, payout ratio, and dividend coverage metrics.

Dividend history, yield and payout sustainability for The Southern Company. The Southern Company paid $2.17 per share over the last year — a 4.5% yield at the current $48.54 price. Per-share payments, yield over time, payout ratio and growth streak, with coverage measured against free cash flow.

Earnings Analysis

EPS history, beat rate, and upcoming earnings reports.

Reported vs. expected earnings history for The Southern Company. Trailing twelve-month EPS for The Southern Company stands at $4.10. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.

Financial Statements

Income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.

Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for The Southern Company. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.

Peer Comparison

Comparables

List of peer companies in the same industry.

The Southern Company valued side by side against its closest peers. The Southern Company is measured against Regulated Electric peers within the Utilities sector. Peer-relative multiples and operating metrics, so the valuation is read in the context of its own sector rather than in isolation.

Ownership & News

Institutional Ownership

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Which funds and firms own the stock.

Which institutions hold The Southern Company, and how their positions are changing. At a $106.59B market value, institutional positions materially move The Southern Company's register. Top holders, position sizes, and quarter-over-quarter accumulation or distribution from regulatory filings. Included with FRC Premium.

Insider Trading

Premium

Recent buying and selling by company executives.

Buying and selling by The Southern Company executives and directors. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.

Senate Trading

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U.S. Senator disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. Senate disclosures naming The Southern Company. The Southern Company is a $106.59B Utilities company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.

House Trading

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U.S. Representative disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. House of Representatives disclosures naming The Southern Company. Representatives' reported transactions in this security, shown next to the company's fundamentals. Included with FRC Premium.

News

Latest headlines and market coverage.

Latest headlines and company announcements for The Southern Company. Coverage tracks The Southern Company within Regulated Electric (Utilities). Press releases and market coverage, newest first.

Discussion

Comments

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Peer companies

  • CMSCMS Energy Corporation
  • CNPCenterPoint Energy, Inc.
  • DTEDTE Energy Company
  • DUKDuke Energy Corporation
  • EDConsolidated Edison, Inc.
  • ETREntergy Corporation
  • EXCExelon Corporation

More Regulated Electric companies

  • EDCFFEnel Generación Costanera S.A.
  • EDNEmpresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima
  • EGIEYEngie Brasil Energia S.A.
  • EIXEdison International
  • ELCEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT
  • ELEZFEndesa, S.A.
  • ELEZYEndesa, S.A.
  • ELIAFElia Group SA/NV
  • ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de Energia
  • EMAEmera Incorporated
  • EMA-PC.TOEmera Incorporated
  • EMA-PH.TOEmera Incorporated

ETFs holding The Southern Company

Largest holders, then the funds most concentrated in SOMN · % = share of the fund

  • PFFiShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF0.98%
  • PFXFVanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF2.19%
  • INCMFranklin Income Focus ETF0.38%
  • JHPIJohn Hancock Investments - Preferred Income ETF0.93%
  • INCEFranklin Income Equity Focus ETF0.44%
  • FCVTFirst Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF0.64%
  • GTOInvesco Total Return Bond ETF0.01%
  • IYLDiShares Morningstar Multi-Asset Income ETF0.15%
SOMN Analysis
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Health3
Profit3
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