profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
The Southern
$93.71+0.77% today
-1.4% in 1 year
1-year low $82.351-year high $99.11
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $24.83 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What The Southern sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $29.3 billion in 2022 to $29.6 billion in 2025, with $4.34 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
The Southern vs. similar companies
The Southern grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Southern | 24.8× · Fair price | ||
 Duke Energy | 20.0× · Fair price | ||
 National Grid | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 American Electric Power | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Dominion Energy | 19.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads The Southern's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29,279 | 25,253 | 26,724 | 29,553 | |
| 10,627 | 11,776 | 13,363 | 14,324 | |
| 5,370 | 5,826 | 7,068 | 7,285 | |
| 10,309 | 11,777 | 13,238 | 14,267 | |
| 3,535 | 3,976 | 4,401 | 4,341 | |
| 3.26 | 3.62 | 3.99 | 3.92 | |
| 36.3% | 46.6% | 50.0% | 48.5% | |
| 18.3% | 23.1% | 26.4% | 24.7% | |
| 12.1% | 15.7% | 16.5% | 14.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 134,891 | 139,331 | 145,180 | 155,720 |
| Cash | 1,917 | 748 | 1,070 | 1,639 |
| Total debt | 59,135 | 63,490 | 66,277 | 74,075 |
| Total liabilities | 100,359 | 104,106 | 108,506 | 116,853 |
| 30,408 | 31,444 | 33,208 | 36,016 | |
| 1,081 | 1,098 | 1,103 | 1,109 | |
| 5.5% | 5.7% | 6.3% | 5.9% | |
| 11.6% | 12.6% | 13.3% | 12.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,302 | 7,553 | 9,788 | 9,802 | |
| 7,923 | 9,095 | 8,955 | 12,737 | |
| -1,621 | -1,542 | 833 | -2,935 | |
| Dividends paid | 2,907 | 3,035 | 2,954 | 3,015 |
| 298 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 127 | 137 | 132 | 136 |
Valuation
- 24.8×
- 20.5×
- 3.92
- 2.8×
- 3.6×
- –
- 12.6×
- -2.7%
- 4.0%
- 3.2%
Profitability
- 48.5%
- 24.7%
- 14.7%
- 47.9%
- 4.1%
- 3.9%
- 12.3%
- 2.8%
- 5.1%
- –
Growth
- +0.3%
- +6.3%
- −531.0%
- +3.0%
- +1.0%
Financial health
- 5.2×
- 2.05
- 48.4%
- 2.2×
- 0.65
- 0.44
- 0.19
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 32%of 400
Top 32%of 395
Bottom 27%of 366
Bottom 35%of 400
Bottom 34%of 400
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $99.62
- Range
- $76.00 – $112.00
- 10 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1.32 | 1.21 | +9.1% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 0.55 | 0.56 | −1.4% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.60 | 1.51 | +6.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.91 | 0.88 | +4.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | 1.23 | 1.20 | +2.5% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.50 | 0.51 | −1.2% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.43 | 1.34 | +6.7% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 1.10 | 0.92 | +19.6% |
3.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$32a year at today's yield, before tax
+3.0%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.15 in 2015 → $2.94 in 2025
How safe it looks
69.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: -84.0%
News
Schneider projects 2026 adjusted EPS of $1-$1.10 as it plans Norfolk Southern as primary Eastern Intermodal rail provider from January 1, 2027Seeking Alpha · Oct 29, 2026TV’s Nick and Vanessa Lachey cut price of Southern California home to $7.6 millionMarketWatch · Oct 28, 2026Great Southern Bancorp outlines $4.4M-$4.8M expense savings beginning in Q4 2026 following 9-branch consolidationSeeking Alpha · Oct 22, 2026Great Southern Bancorp GAAP EPS of $1.27 misses by $0.12, revenue of $53.6M misses by $2.48MSeeking Alpha · Oct 22, 2026The Math Doesn't Lie: What It Really Costs to Generate $300 in Dividend Income From Southern Company StockYahoo Finance · Sep 27, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass. Context about the kind of company it is, not a recommendation.
Warren Buffett
44No pass
Benjamin Graham
64Pass
Philip Fisher
39No pass
Peter Lynch
56No pass
Joel Greenblatt
32No pass
Charlie Munger
41No pass
Terry Smith
25No pass
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