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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Southern (SO)

Southern Company Q4 EPS $0.38 vs $0.49 a year ago; excluding items $0.55 vs $0.50

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Southern Company reported fourth-quarter 2025 GAAP earnings of $416 million, or $0.38 per share, down from $534 million, or $0.49 per share, a year earlier. Excluding items such as debt extinguishment costs and an estimated Nicor Gas loss, earnings rose to $612 million, or $0.55 per share, and fourth-quarter operating revenues rose 10.1% to $7.0 billion, so shareholders see higher revenue and adjusted earnings but lower reported profit.

Key points

  • Q4 2025 GAAP earnings were $416 million ($0.38 per share) vs. $534 million ($0.49 per share) in Q4 2024.
  • Q4 2025 earnings excluding items were $612 million ($0.55 per share) vs. $544 million ($0.50 per share).
  • Full-year 2025 GAAP earnings were $4.3 billion ($3.94 per share) vs. $4.4 billion ($4.02 per share) in 2024.
  • Q4 2025 operating revenues were $7.0 billion, up 10.1% from $6.3 billion; full-year revenues were $29.6 billion, up 10.6%.

The filing

CompanySouthern (SO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 19, 2026, 8:10 AM ET
Accession number0000092122-26-000008

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 19, 2026.

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