Southern Company is an American gas and electric utility holding company based in the southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with executive offices also located in Birmingham, Alabama.
| Revenue (TTM) | $31.20B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $15.15B |
| EBITDA | $14.74B |
| Operating Margin | 33.90% |
| Return on Equity | 11.90% |
| Return on Assets | 3.28% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $27.57 |
| Book Value | $38.73 |
| Price-to-Book | 2.58 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 3.45 |
| EV/Revenue | 5.85 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.84 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 14.30% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 13.00% |
| Shares Outstanding | $1.16B |
| Float | $1.15B |
| % Insiders | 0.10% |
| % Institutions | 74.36% |
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SO???s surging data center demand, 21 GW in large-load contracts and a potential $100B capital plan signal stronger earnings growth and investment upside.
Initial Jobless Claims sank back to post-Covid lows, with +189K matching the mid-July low.
Southern Co. (SO) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.94 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.71 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.6 per share a year ago.
Although the revenue and EPS for Southern Co. (SO) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
ATLANTA, Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today reported third-quarter earnings of $2.0 billion, or $1.77 per share, in 2026 compared with earnings of $1.7 billion, or $1.55 per share, in the third quarter of 2025. For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, Southern Company reported earnings of $4.6 billion, or $4.02 per share, compared with $3.9 billion, or $3.56 per share, for the same period in 2025.
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SO's Q3 earnings are expected to benefit from rising data center demand, higher electricity sales and customer growth, although elevated expenses may weigh on profitability.
Evaluate the expected performance of Southern Co. (SO) for the quarter ended September 2026, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.
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